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From their copyrights, it looks like - Azure uses TomTom - Bing uses HERE (formerly Navteq/Nokia) Did Microsoft buy all of Nokia? Or just their phone busines
by throwawayGMaps 7y ago
From their copyrights, it looks like
- Azure uses TomTom
- Bing uses HERE (formerly Navteq/Nokia)
Did Microsoft buy all of Nokia? Or just their phone business?
- nxc18 7y agoMicrosoft only bought parts. HERE has been its own thing for a while now. https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/15/here-and-microsoft-extend-mapping-deal-expanding-into-connected-car-data/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/15/here-and-microsoft-extend-... Related - Uber hired/bought many of the engineers and assets involved in Bing Maps' data: https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-acquires-part-of-bings-mapping-assets-will-absorb-around-100-microsoft-employees/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-acquires-part-of-bing...