Gathering Map Data – A Tough Job, but Someone's got to do it

So, you wonder why your GPS doesn’t have a local street on it, or why the name of that street is wrong on your GPS? Well, a lot of it has to do with the ever changing landscape that confronts the data gatherers. Me? I wish that there was more of a real time process where you could get updates downloaded to you weekly, monthly, quarterly? Upload the patch, and Bam! You get the new local restaurant that just went in last month. Instead of pressing DVD’s of the new map data, I just want more real time downloads. Well it’s not that easy, apparently.

The NY Times has a good article today explaining a day in the life of a geographic analyst for NAVTEQ. Like I said, it's a tough job but someone's got to do it.

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