SAE Eye on Engineering: OEMs Battle for Digital Maps

Why did BMW, Audi, and Daimler recently get together to buy Nokia's digital map unit for 3.1 billion? In this episode of SAE Eye on Engineering, Senior Editor Lindsay Brooke looks at the map technology recently purchases by the three German automakers. SAE Eye on Engineering also airs Monday mornings on WJR 760 AM Detroit's Paul W. Smith Show. Access archived episodes of SAE Eye on Engineering at http://www.sae.org/magazines/podcasts. View more articles at http://articles.sae.org