Uber drivers may soon have an easier time locating you.
Months after it dropped out of the bidding for Nokia's Here mapping business, Uber has struck a deal with navigation firm TomTom to beef up its drivers' maps. As part of the deal, TomTom will now provide maps and traffic data for the Uber driver app, which could mean fewer headaches for drivers and passengers.
In a news release, the companies said the global, multi-year agreement will "ensure Uber has a seamless navigation experience, accurate arrival times, and efficient journeys in more than 300 cities around the world." Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The move comes after Uber in late June acquired some assets from the Microsoft Bing mapping team. As part of that deal, about 100 Microsoft employees moved over to Uber.
It lost out on the Here acquisition, though, to Audi, BMW, and Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, which purchased it for about $3.1 billion in August.
Also on the Uber mapping front, the app-based car service recently told PCMag it has been driving red SUVs for the past several months collecting imagery to help improve its routing and ETA calculations. Uber also recently teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University to work on self-driving cars, early versions of which have already been spotted on Pittsburgh streets.