13.06.2012 16:06 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Waze and others contribute some map data to Apple Maps, too

Earlier this week, TomTom confirmed it is providing Apple with some map data for its new Map apps. Now, TechCrunch discovered that Waze, Getchee, Localeze, Urban Mapping, DMTI, and MapData Sciences is contributing as well. This juicy tidbit was discovered in a legal notice that lists all the companies which contribute to the Maps app. This is good news for Waze fans, who were afraid Apple was killing the service with its own crowd-sourced map data. Now, it appears Apple is giving the service a boost (and likely some money) by tapping into the companies vast information on traffic, road conditions and more.

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