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Indian GIS Market Heats Up
We’ve been talking about the US / European GIS / GPS companies, which have been hot and busy with major M&A deals: * Navteq : Bright Future if Managed Well * Place and Location Services Growth Fuels Navteq * Tom Tom + Tele Atlas: Perfect Match * Trimble’s Compelling Growth Strategy * Garmin Looks Great,
Nokia Buys Navteq, “Place” Becomes Key
I had written earlier about Navteq (Navteq: Bright Future If Managed well and Place and Location Services Growth Fuels Navteq). Well, this morning, Nokia is announcing that they are acquiring Navteq for $8.1 Billion in cash. Navteq’s stock had risen steadily recently upon acquisition speculation. Since I last wrote about Navteq on August 2, the
Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS) + Place
Yes, we need to add a new variable to the definition of Web 3.0, and that variable is Place. Imagine. You are on a business trip in New York, and you need to buy a gift for your 13 year old son. You need a Size 8 Nike Air Zoom, and you have exactly 30
It’s About Place (Part 6)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author Maps, and their cousins satellite images, are getting a lot of attention these days. In the past past two weeks there have been some interesting articles in Wired, New York Times and The Province, a daily newspaper in British Columbia, Canada (that covered the GeoWeb Conference last week, in Vancouver,
Place and Location Services Growth Fuels Navteq
If you’re ever stuck in a big US city in never-ending traffic – which is perfectly commonplace these days – trying to figure out how soon you can reach your client’s office downtown, trust Navteq’s (NYSE: NVT) GPS maps to effortlessly guide you to your destination. Sounds too simple? The truth is it is. If
