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Here Technologies: History, Companies & Technology

Here Technologies (stylized and trade name as HERE and here) is a multinational group based in The Netherlands specialized in mapping technologies, location data, and related automotive services to individuals and companies. It is majority-owned by a consortium of German automotive companies (namely Audi, BMW, the Mercedes-Benz Group) and American…

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Here Technologies topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Here Technologies.

Related topics
66
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
72
Extracted relationships
50
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
72

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 30 topics
History · 23 topics
Automotive services · 7 topics
Consumer services · 3 topics
Content delivery · 2 topics
Current ownership · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1985; 41 years ago (1985) (as Navteq) 2012; 14 years ago (2012) (as Here)
Industry
Mapping data GPS navigation software
Headquarters
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide
Formerly
Karlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia (Location & Commerce) (2011–12) Nokia (HERE) (2012–15)
Key people
Mike Nefkens (CEO) Adeel Manzoor (CFO) Denise Doyle (Chief Data Officer)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Current ownership

Automotive services

Consumer services

Content delivery

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Here Technologies connects Entity context

The extracted context around Here Technologies shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Here Technologies → Worldwide Another extracted example is Here Technologies → Karlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia (Location & Commerce) (2011–12) Nokia (HERE) (2012–15). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Here Technologies

Top relations

Area served · 1
Here Technologies → Worldwide
Formerly · 1
Here Technologies → Karlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia (Location & Commerce) (2011–12) Nokia (HERE) (2012–15)
Founded · 1
Here Technologies → 1985; 41 years ago (1985) (as Navteq) 2012; 14 years ago (2012) (as Here)
Headquarters · 1
Here Technologies → Eindhoven, Netherlands
Industry · 1
Here Technologies → Mapping data GPS navigation software
Key people · 1
Here Technologies → Mike Nefkens (CEO) Adeel Manzoor (CFO) Denise Doyle (Chief Data Officer)
Number of employees · 1
Here Technologies → 9,000 (2019)
Owners · 1
Here Technologies → Volkswagen Group (2015–present) BMW (2015–present) Mercedes-Benz Group (2015–present) Intel (2017–present) Mitsubishi Corporation (2019–present) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (…
Parent · 1
Here Technologies → Navteq (1985–2007) Nokia (2007–2015)
Trade name · 1
Here Technologies → HERE

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

data nokia maps also mapping map location traffic navigation services app company 2012 available users provides platform navteq bmw technology

Here Technologies relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 50 structured relationships around Here Technologies. Examples in this analysis include Here Technologies → Area served → Worldwide and Here Technologies → Formerly → Karlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia (Location & Commerce) (2011–12) Nokia (HERE) (2012–15). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Here TechnologiesArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesFormerlyKarlin & Collins, Inc. (1985–87) Navigation Technologies Corporation (1987–2004) Navteq (2004–11) Nokia (Location & Commerce) (2011–12) Nokia (HERE) (2012–15)1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesFounded1985; 41 years ago (1985) (as Navteq) 2012; 14 years ago (2012) (as Here)1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesHeadquartersEindhoven, Netherlands1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesIndustryMapping data GPS navigation software1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesKey peopleMike Nefkens (CEO) Adeel Manzoor (CFO) Denise Doyle (Chief Data Officer)1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesNumber of employees9,000 (2019)1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesOwnersVolkswagen Group (2015–present) BMW (2015–present) Mercedes-Benz Group (2015–present) Intel (2017–present) Mitsubishi Corporation (2019–present) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (…1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesParentNavteq (1985–2007) Nokia (2007–2015)1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesTrade nameHERE1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesTypePrivate1.00infobox
Here TechnologiesWebsitewww.here.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Here Technologies bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Traffic, Business and Windows. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • mapping technologies
    • Services
    • Location
    • Technologies
    • Data
    • Maps
    • Company
    • Nokia
    • Also
    • Business
    • Navteq
    • Navigation
    • Companies
  • yahoo! maps
    • Nokia
    • Available
    • Sdk
    • Windows
    • Navigation
    • Drive
    • Platform
    • Business
    • Countries
    • Navteq
    • Technologies
    • Mobile
  • microsoft windows
    • Drive
    • Announced
    • Platform
    • Available
    • Sdk
    • Mobile
    • Maps
    • Nokia
    • App
    • Live
    • Navteq
    • Technologies
  • bing maps
    • Nokia
    • Available
    • Sdk
    • Windows
    • Navigation
    • Drive
    • Platform
    • Business
    • Countries
    • Navteq
    • Technologies
    • Mobile
  • windows 10 mobile
    • Sdk
    • Drive
    • Announced
    • Platform
    • Available
    • Mobile
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Ios
    • Maps
    • Provides
    • Nokia
  • windows phone 7
    • Drive
    • Announced
    • Platform
    • Available
    • Sdk
    • Mobile
    • Maps
    • Nokia
    • App
    • Live
    • Navteq
    • Technologies
  • windows phone
    • Drive
    • Announced
    • Platform
    • Available
    • Sdk
    • Mobile
    • Maps
    • Nokia
    • App
    • Live
    • Navteq
    • Technologies
  • high-definition map
    • Car
    • Technology
    • Users
    • Live
    • Drive
    • Driving
    • Service
    • Services
    • Navigation
    • Traffic
    • Navteq
    • Sdk

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Here Technologies, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Here Technologies with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Here TechnologiesOverview · splits 42 ⟂ 31
Here TechnologiesHistory · splits 49 ⟂ 24
Here TechnologiesAutomotive services · splits 65 ⟂ 8
Here TechnologiesConsumer services · splits 69 ⟂ 4
Here TechnologiesContent delivery · splits 70 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Here Technologies

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Here Technologies to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Here Technologies · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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