[OSM-talk] Bing Maps to get Nokia branding on all devices - including rivals'

Frank Steggink steggink at steggink.org
Fri Jan 20 21:12:04 GMT 2012


On 20-1-2012 17:49, Frank Steggink wrote:
> According to this article [1] (via [2]) at Pocket-lint:
> "Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, has told Pocket-lint that we shall soon be 
> seeing the Nokia brand name within other devices and not just the 
> company's own phones."
> "Part of the relationship we established with Microsoft is that we are 
> clearly placing a bet on the Windows Phone platform. [In return] they 
> are placing a bet on our location-based platform: mapping, navigation 
> and so forth," said Elop."
>
> I'm wondering what this means for the license agreement [3] with 
> Microsoft which allows us to use Bing aerial imagery to trace features 
> from. Will this remain the same, or will this change if Nokia becomes 
> too demanding? After all, we are a "competitor" to Navteq (which is 
> owned by Nokia). Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank
>
>
> [1] http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44062/bing-maps-get-nokia-branding
> [2] 
> http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2012/01/19/bing-maps-gets-nokia-brand-and-possibly-the-boot/
> [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing_Maps
>
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The Bing/Nokia maps news seems to be a misinterpretation. See the first 
post at 
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/wininfo-short-takes-january-20-2012-141972 
for details.

Frank



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