如果有象我这样用GPS已经10多年的, 就知道MS做地图已经很久了, 而且一直做的很好, 他的地图主要还是企业使用, 象ZIPREALTY, ZILLOW上的地图等。 微软和NOKIA只是合作关系, 有合就有分, 微软不可能放弃自己经营十几年的地图而全依靠他人, 一旦和NOKIA离婚, 微软还不要重来吗? BING的MAP一直用的NAVTEQ的SOURCE, 所以比GOOGLE MAP要准确些, 但是MS没有在STREET VIEW上花太多钱, 3D上也没有GOOGLE动手早,UI上是差了一点, 但是比OVI的UI/STREET VIEW/3D强上几千倍的。 最近的流言是BING MAP做前台, 后台用OVI MAP, 其实在美国就是没有变化, 因为BING MAP的后台本来就是NAVTEQ, 但是BING MAP在美国以外的其他地方没有使用NAVTEQ, 甚至根本没有COVER, 这时候OVI MAP的后台作用就显示出来了, 中国的地图就是个例子。对于美国来说, 我们和企业用户一样, 看不到变化, 但是对欧洲和亚洲来说, 会有很多的提高。 http://searchengineland.com/bing-maps-to-be-powered-replaced-by Source: Nokia Will Become the Back End of Bing Maps However my lunch companion argued unequivocally that Nokia Maps would effectively replace almost everything that Microsoft had developed over the past several years in terms of the Bing Maps infrastructure. This was shocking because Microsoft has invested hundreds of millions of dollars (if not billions) in creating a viable competitor to Google Maps. Most recently the company has been promoting its roll out of new hi-resolution aerial imagery on a global basis. I said I couldn’t believe Microsoft would agree to swap in Navteq for the guts of its own system. Yet my lunch guest argued that Microsoft’s role would mostly center on the Bing Maps UI — ironically not unlike Yahoo’s relationship to Microsoft search results — everything else would be powered by Nokia.
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【在 w******x 的大作中提到】 : rumor so far is that ovi maps will completely replace bing maps. the entire : infrastructure. : look it up, it's in the news.