A new era for @HERE as they bid goodbye to Nokia

Well, you knew this was coming but likely had no idea when. This week it’s  official though, HERE is no longer part of Nokia and neither are the 6,500 employees that are affected – enter the new era for HERE

Today the company is shifting their global mapping and location technology plans into a higher gear with the backing of the new shareholders: AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG. Via the HERE blog and HERE Editor-in-chief, Pino Bonetti;

Today, the 6,500 employees of HERE officially bid goodbye to Nokia and shift our global mapping and location technology plans into a higher gear with the backing of our new shareholders: AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG.

It’s the beginning of a new, independent chapter in our history, which began 30 years ago when we first brought driving-specific digital maps to the car.

HERE forges ahead building the map and moving towards their vision of the live high-definition map – via HERE President Sean Fernback: “The map is evolving into a live representation of the world, giving us a second-by-second view of our cities and road networks. ”

Source: HERE 360 blog