CNet’s Elinor Mills profiles TeleAtlas, one of several mapping data companies that provide the online map services with their data (along with NAVTEQ, for example, they provide data for both Google and Yahoo!). The article looks at data collection and how long it takes for the company’s updated data to disseminate to its customers and their end-users.

See previous entries: Online Maps’ Foot Soldiers; Backcountry Mapping; SF Chronicle: Digital Map Field Researchers.