Number of employees 6500 (2016) Website HERE Technologies is a company that provides and location data and related services to individuals and companies. It is majority-owned by a consortium of German automotive companies (namely,, and ), whilst other companies also own minority stakes. Its roots date back to U.S.-based in 1985, which was acquired by Finland-based in 2007.
Here is currently based in. HERE captures location content such as road networks, buildings, parks and traffic patterns. It then sells or licenses that mapping content, along with navigation services and location solutions to other businesses such as,,,. In addition, HERE provides platform services to smartphones.
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It provides location services through its own HERE applications, and also for and government clients and other providers, such as,. HERE has maps in nearly 200 countries, offers voice guided navigation in 94 countries, provides live traffic information in 33 countries and has indoor maps available for about 49,000 unique buildings in 45 countries. The company is also working on technology.
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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] HERE has built its mapping and location business by acquiring location technology and know-how: the company is a combination of what was formerly and Nokia Maps. Navteq [ ] (styled 'NAVTEQ'), was an American company founded in 1985 as Karlin & Collins, Inc., later known as Navigation Technologies Corporation and eventually as Navteq. At the time of its acquisition by Nokia, Navteq was the largest maker of automotive grade map data used in car navigation equipment. Nokia Maps [ ] Nokia Maps began in 2001 as, a generic 3D-map interface for access to tourist information on mobile terminals. It was developed by an EU consortium named. Nokia gained the rights to the software when it acquired -based company in August 2006, which has become the cornerstone for the company's mapping business. It then made the Smart2Go application free to download.