Apple buys GPS startup Coherent to beef up mapping technology<article>
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Apple has been working hard to bolster its mapping technology since ditching Google Maps in 2012. To help that effort, the company just bought Coherent Navigation, a startup that offers a high-accuracy GPS navigation service.</p><p>
Coherent’s navigation system is used in the Iridium satellite network, according to the LinkedIn profile of Paul Lego, who was CEO of the company before going to work for Apple. Coherent, which was founded in 2008 and is based in the San Francisco area, counts the U.S. government as a customer and had been aiming its technology at the mining, construction, energy and agriculture industries. Coherent had fewer than 10 employees, according to its LinkedIn page, which states that the company “has ceased operations.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2923572/apple-buys-gps-startup-coherent-to-beef-up-mapping-technology.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple buys GPS startup Coherent to beef up mapping technology
