Navteq (controllata al 100% da Nokia) non rinnoverà il contratto per la fornitura di mappe a Nav4All [1].
Nav4All fornisce soluzioni di navigazione, routing e tracciamento per dispositivi mobili gratuite o a basso prezzo. 27 milioni di utenti (la cifra mi pare un po' esagerata) fra tre giorni si troveranno di punto in bianco senza servizio. Questo è il mercato (delle mappe non libere), bellezza! [1] http://www.nav4all.com/ > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nav4All <nore...@nav4all.com> > Date: 31 January 2010 12:55 > Subject: Nav4All navigation shut down by Navteq > > Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 28-01-2010 16:30 GMT+1 > > Subject: Nav4All navigation shut down by Navteq > > Letter to 27,625,631 Nav4All navigation customers > > Dear Customers, > > It is with the deepest regret that we hereby notify you that the > global navigation of Nav4All and the Tracking & Tracing will go > offline in 3 days. The reason for the same is that the data licence > agreement with Navteq (a 100% Nokia subsidiary) was not extended, in > a totally unexpected manner. It is not possible to implement data > from another supplier in our Nav4All systems within the short term. > The Nav4All navigation system was developed for Navteq data. Nav4All > has therefore been constrained to stop. > > ...more at http://www.nav4all.com/ -- Niccolo Rigacci Firenze - Italy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk