It’s been a while since I’ve seen a newspaper article profiling one or the other mapping data company — i.e., NAVTEQ and/or Tele Atlas — with a focus on its local surveying efforts, but here’s a new one from the Miami Herald, which looks at NAVTEQ. (I can only imagine the PR war behind the scenes.) These are usually similar to one another; one twist this time is the difficulty cited in getting access to gated communities.

Previously: Getting Out from Behind the Wheel; NY Times: Navteq in New York; Again: TeleAtlas in Berlin; The New Yorker on Road Maps and Directions; Again: Navteq in San Diego; Another Profile: Navteq in New York; TeleAtlas in Santa Fe; More on Digital Map Field Researchers; CNet Profiles TeleAtlas; SF Chronicle: Digital Map Field Researchers; Backcountry Mapping; Online Maps’ Foot Soldiers.