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Map maker Tele Atlas and Search engine provider Google have signed an agreement under which Google will use TeleAtlas road maps of more than 200 countries in its websites. The agreement also covers dynamic content held by TeleAtlas.

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The agreement spans Google’s offerings across mobile, online and desktop environments. These include the Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Maps for Mobile.

Significantly, the agreement also gives Tele Atlas access to information updates from Google’s community of users, whose suggested changes can help the company further improve the quality of its maps.

Speaking in Kuala Lumpur last month, Arnout Desmet, who heads Tele Atlas' Asia Pacific operations, said the company was devoting considerable resources and expertise towards systems that would allow users to update maps based on their own experience.

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