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Mapillary, the crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, has been acquired by Fb

Mapillary, the Swedish startup that desires to tackle Google and others in mapping the world through a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, has been acquired by Fb, based on the corporate’s weblog. Phrases of the deal aren’t being disclosed. The Mapillary crew and undertaking will …
Mapillary, the Swedish startup that wants to take on Google and others in mapping the world via a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, has been acquired by Facebook, according to the company’s blog. Terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed. The Mapillary team and project will …

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