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		xanadohnt on May 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple to drop Google Maps in iOS 6 for in-house Ma... What's this laser scanning? Vector topographic data and aerial imagery is all that's necessary.

aw3c2 on May 11, 2012 [–]

Theoretically just the aerial images would be enough if you have some control points. But I remember the Nokia people say they used mobile laserscan data. Can't find the source anymore though, I thought it was on HN actually.

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