DigitalGlobe scores new multi-year agreement with Nokia; Real-world imagery coming to Nokia Maps!
By Dusan Belic on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 5:02 PM PST In Announcements, Nokia, Partnerships
DigitalGlobe and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) have agreed to bring the real-world perspective of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to Nokia Maps, both on mobile devices and on Ovi. As a result, users will have quick, easy and seamless access to a wide range of global high-resolution imagery from DigitalGlobe’s ImageLibrary sourced from its high-resolution satellite constellation and aerial network.
From DigitalGlobe’s official release:
The integration of DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution world imagery content greatly increases the functionality of Nokia Maps, revealing more details than standard street level mapping views, and also providing peace-of-mind for precision and accuracy in off-road navigation – a feature of special interest to hikers and walkers. Nokia Maps can be downloaded to a variety of Nokia devices, including the Nokia N96 or Nokia N95, or accessed online at Ovi.com.
Commenting on the announcement, Nokia’s head of navigation context services platform, Christof Hellmis, said: “Integrating even more of DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution imagery into Nokia Maps improves the visual context of our users’ global navigation experiences.”
