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TomTom will continue to provide data for Apple Maps

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple Maps will continue to use data provided by GPS company TomTom, thanks to a renewal of a previous agreement between the two companies.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/tomtom-will-continue-provide-data-apple-maps-app' title="TomTom will continue to provide data for Apple Maps"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/02/apple-maps-gas-station-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=PzdCbcNX' />[/url]</p> <p>Amsterdam-based TomTom (http://www.imore.com/tag/tomtom) will keep providing data to Apple for use in its Maps (http://www.imore.com/maps-iphone-ipad) app. <!--break--> TomTom revealed the news in an extremely brief press release (http://corporate.tomtom.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=913777):</p>

<p>TomTom has renewed and extended its global agreement with Apple for maps and related information. No further details of the agreement will be provided.</p>

<p>This news comes on the heels of Apple "confirming" on Sunday that it has acquired GPS company Coherent Navigation (http://www.imore.com/apple-apparently-buys-coherent-navigation-could-make-your-gps-much-more-accurate), in an apparent move to improve its mapping technology.</p> <p>Source: TomTom (http://corporate.tomtom.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=913777)</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4674dff5/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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