MapQuest goes behind-the-scenes at Tele Atlas , which does digital mapping . The company crisscrosses the globe in vans with cameras , lasers and CNN . so the driver can monitor images captured by the cameras above . Tele Atlas creates `` base maps '' for MapQuest , Google and others . Next step will be to combine lasers and camera images to make detailed 3-D maps .
MapQuest goes behind-the-scenes at Tele Atlas , which does digital mapping . The company crisscrosses the globe in vans with cameras , lasers and CNN . Tele Atlas creates `` base maps '' for MapQuest , Google and others . Next step will be to combine lasers and camera images to make detailed 3-D maps .