Far more high-tech than they look... honest
By Tim Ferguson, 21 May 2007 16:45
The data feeds into two hard drives located on the van and is stored there until the operators are given the green light by the Tele Atlas head office to delete it.
In a single week, each van can generate up to 250GB of data. This is then sent to be processed in India by 700 Infotech digital cartographers.
Photo credit: Tim Ferguson
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1. Roy Corneloues
How green is this fleet of vans? Do they run on bio-fuel or LPG?
Considering the mileage they do Tele Atlas must have thought about the enviromental impact...
2. Tim Hughes
If anyone is navigating along the A52 - Derby to Ashbourne - using this technology in the future, then I'm the bloke in the red fiesta behind you! I wondered what they were doing, needless to say I stayed well within the speed limit, even after I spotted the Belgian number plate.