Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and Mercedes-Benz have announced they will be working together to create and develop digital smart maps for cars.
Nokia’s mapping and location services unit ‘HERE’ and Mercedes will initially provide 3D maps for the Mannheim-to-Pforzheim route in Germany, for cars that are connected to a computing cloud. Just yesterday at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Nokia said that connecting cars to a cloud is “one of the biggest opportunities for the automotive industry today”.
The ‘HERE’ mapping unit is one of three businesses remaining in Nokia’s fold after last week’s announcement that it was selling its mobile phone division to Microsoft Corporation.
