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timfrietas on Dec 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Set to Release iOS Maps App Tonight

So why didn't Google just buy data from them?

ZeroGravitas on Dec 13, 2012 [–]

They did, but restrictive licencing terms drove them to start collecting their own, the process is still not complete.

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