If you?re like me, you?re well used to navigating the world with a GPS mapping app on your smartphone. But have you ever given a thought to the work that goes into getting all that information into the map? It?s a lot more than just photographing street scenes, as I found out recently when I took a ride in a Nokia mapping car.
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The most noticeable feature of the car, beyond its bright blue color and the distinctive ?Here? logo on the door, is the apparatus on the roof.
?On top we have really high-precision cameras and panoramic cameras,? said Cliff Fox, senior vice president of location content at Nokia.
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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2015529/grabbing-a-ride-in-nokias-mapping-car.html
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