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| HERE | |
| Formerly | Karlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia HERE (2011–15) |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Mapping data GPS navigation software |
| Founded | 1985 (as Navteq) 2012 (as Here) |
| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Mike Nefkens (CEO) Adeel Manzoor (CFO) Denise Doyle (Chief Data Officer) |
| Owners | Volkswagen Group (2015–present) BMW (2015–present) Mercedes-Benz Group (2015–present) Intel (2017–present) Mitsubishi Corporation (2019–present) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (2019–present) Continental AG |
Number of employees | 9,000 (2019) |
| Parent | Navteq (1985–2007) Nokia (2007–2015) |
| Website | www |
Here Technologies (stylized and trade name as HERE and here) is a Dutch multinational group specialized in mapping technologies, location data, and related automotive services to individuals and companies. It is majority-owned by a consortium of German automotive companies (namely Audi, BMW, the Mercedes-Benz Group) and American semiconductor company Intel whilst other companies also own minority stakes. Its roots date back to U.S.-based Navteq in 1985, which was acquired by Finland-based Nokia in 2007. Here is currently based in The Netherlands.
Here captures location content such as road networks, buildings, parks and traffic patterns. It then sells or licenses that mapping content, along with map related navigation and location services to other businesses such as Alpine Electronics, Garmin, BMW, Oracle Corporation and Amazon.com. This third-party licensing constitutes the core of the firm's business.[1] In addition, Here provides platform services to smartphones through Here WeGo app.[2][3] It provides location services through its HERE applications, and also for GIS and government clients and other providers, such as Microsoft Bing (from 2012 through 2020), Meta Platforms, Yahoo! Maps, and the Samsung Gear S2 (and earlier models) maps app.[4][5] HERE has maps of about 200 countries, offers voice guided navigation in 94 countries, provides live traffic information in 33 countries and has indoor maps available for about 49,000 unique buildings in 45 countries.[6] The company is also working on self-driving technology.[7]
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