I saw the breaking news first on the GPS Tracklog and thanks very much for already extracting the most interesting bits from the official press release!
TomTom is hoping to use their “installed user base of over 10 million GPS devices to effectively operate as map surveyors in an automatic and simple way“.

I’m wondering how easy it will really be to send back feedback to TeleTomTom, especially as user will somehow need to categorize their feedback using the TomTom device while they are experiencing errors or possible improvements of the map data. I’m also wondering how automatic this feedback will be.

This is exciting news and definitely a story to keep watching in the coming months. Let me know what you think of this deal!

Feel free to read the official joint press release of Tele Atlas N.V. and TomTom.