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Oracle, Spatial Data and NAVTEQ Deal

posted by Satri on Friday October 27, @03:20PM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the but-does-Oracle-really-care-for-geospatial-services? dept.
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All Points Blog discuss Oracle and spatial data along with the recent deal between NAVTEQ and Oracle. From the press release: "Oracle today announced a multiyear, worldwide agreement with NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, to incorporate its boundary mapping data into Oracle Database 10g and other Oracle products. Including the NAVTEQ data will enable customers to more easily location-enable their critical business applications to reduce costs and increase productivity and revenue opportunities." Slashdot also discusses the recent Oracle inclination towards open source.

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