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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg
I don't think the mobile version of Bing has street view, but the desktop version does (called Bing Virtual Earth or something like that). So like I said, they could easily trump google nav, just as their bing mobile app already trumps google maps.
And by the way- google does not own all of that data either. They license a good portion of it themselves. I livein Utah and a few years back they changed a bunch of freeway exit numbers and they were talking on the news how Goole had no control over the wrong directions they were giving out because they licensed their data (for that area at least) from some other company.
Not saying google nav is going to suck, just putting some reality to your claim that it will put everyone else out of business.
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i am not going to get into which maps are better thats dependent on area you live or interested in(i prefer google maps over bing for example(ease of use, street views are integrated into maps as opposed to being separate app in bing for example) - you on other hand prefer the opposite apparently) as for licensing you talking about map data not about street view data - that was done by goog themselves(goog mobiles) so they own all rights. And for the 3rd time: goog has the opportunity to put GPS manufacturers like TomTom, Garmin, Mio and about 2 mil others out of business and the only one that can compete(currently)is MS(although the dont seem to have any plans for MS navigator so far and in our times pioneers usually grab the biggest piece of pie, just look at google.com - still #1 search engine(not my claims according to stats)-is it the best? - well it sure was in the beggining and now people just got used to it). I am making my claim based on falling stocks of biggest GPS manufacturers once goog announced the GPS navigator - and thats a reality