Interesting as Tele Atlas has announced that the new version of its MultiNet digital map database. Released in October, MultiNet version 2008.10 incorporates community input provided by TomTom users in Europe and North America. To update its maps, Tele Atlas captures and verifies changes from more than 50,000 global sources, ranging from government documents and public safety officials to construction companies and truck drivers, as well as satellite and aerial imagery. By adding active contributions from individual TomTom users as an additional source, Tele Atlas is able to increase the total number of changes identified by its network, particularly in geographically dispersed and rural areas covered less frequently by other data sources. See more