Nokia Corp. says it will cooperate with Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz car division to create and develop digital smart maps.
Finland-based
Nokia says its mapping and location services unit, HERE, and Mercedes
will initially provide 3D maps for the Mannheim to Pforzheim route in
Germany for cars connected to a computing cloud.
Nokia said
Tuesday at the Frankfurt Auto Show that connecting cars to a cloud is
"one of the biggest opportunities for the automotive industry today."
The
HERE mapping unit is one of the three businesses remaining in Nokia's
corporate umbrella following last week's deal to sell its mobile phone
division to Microsoft.
