Facebook Acquires Swedish crowdsourced mapping startup Mapillary

Facebook Inc. has acquired Mapillary AB, a Swedish mapping technology startup that crowdsources street-level imagery to build immersive and up-to-date maps.
Mapillary’s technology would be used to power products like Facebook Marketplace and supply data to humanitarian organisations all over the world.
Mapillary keeps its maps updated with street-level data, by collecting images from tens of thousands of contributors about signs, addresses and other information that can be observed from the road.