I feel like Nokia sold HERE too early. I know they needed the money to engorge Alcatel-Lucent... And I do think it was a good plan to divest of HERE on top of the self-driving car hype wave.<p>But I think they executed that a bit ahead of time. Peak hype is still a few years away, and the mapping property is unique in the world (nobody else would sell theirs). Meanwhile Nokia was selling from a position of weakness following their near-death experience in the mobile phone market.
Aside from the name, I love HERE on iOS. It's easily my favorite navigation/maps app.<p>The UI is simple, quick, and looks much better than either Google or Apple's offerings.
HERE has some great maps and geo tech. It's sad to see them get passed around between various companies that don't know what to do with them.