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HERE

Trading name	HERE Global B.V.
Formerly called	Karlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia Here (2011–15)
Type	Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid
Industry	Mapping data GPS navigation software
Founded	1985; 33 years ago (1985)
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Edzard Overbeek (CEO) Brian Lent (CTO) Peter Meier (CFO) Angel L. Mendez (COO)
Owners	Navteq (1985–2007) Nokia (2007–15) Audi (2015–present) BMW (2015–present) Daimler (2015–present)
Number of employees	6500 (2016)
Website	here.com

HERE Technologies is a company that provides mapping and location data and related services to individuals and companies. It is majority-owned by a consortium of German automotive companies (namely Audi, BMW, and Daimler), whilst other companies also own minority stakes. Its roots date back to U.S.-based Navteq in 1985, which was acquired by Finland-based Nokia in 2007. Here is currently based in Amsterdam.

Here captures location content such as road networks, buildings, parks and traffic patterns. It then sells or licenses that mapping content, along with navigation services and location solutions to other businesses such as Alpine, Garmin, BMW, Oracle and Amazon.com. In addition, Here provides platform services to smartphones. It provides location services through its own Here applications, and also for GIS and government clients and other providers, such as Microsoft Bing, Facebook and (formerly) Yahoo! Maps. Here has maps in nearly 200 countries, offers voice guided navigation in 94 countries, provides live traffic information in 33 countries and has indoor maps available for about 49,000 unique buildings in 45 countries. Here are also working on self-driving technology.

Here has built its mapping and location business by acquiring location technology and know-how: the company is a combination of what was formerly Navteq and Nokia Maps.

Navteq (styled "NAVTEQ"), was an American company founded in 1985 as Karlin & Collins, Inc., later known as Navigation Technologies Corporation and eventually as Navteq. At the time of its acquisition by Nokia, Navteq was the largest maker of automotive grade map data used in car navigation equipment.