Microsoft is to use mapping and traffic data from navigation company TomTom across a number of its services including Azure and Bing Maps.
TomTom’s data will power mapping services across Microsoft applications, including Bing, Cortana and Windows under an expanded partnership. Microsoft’s Azure will also become TomTom’s preferred cloud provider.
As part of the expanded deal, the companies said, TomTom will be “a leading location data provider” for Azure and Bing Maps. Azure Maps allows companies to build maps, routing and traffic data into their cloud-based apps, for example, to create Internet of Things, logistics and asset tracking services.
