FACEBOOK ACQUIRES MAPPING START-UP MAPILLARY

Highlights

• Mapillary has a street-level imagery platform
• Street-level data of Mapillary could help Facebook to bolster the maps

Facebook has acquired Swedish mapping start-up Mapillary. It is the part of an effort to take on Apple and Google at mapping the world at ground level.

Over the last decade, Apple and Google have invested heavily in street-level mapping. However....