• Use of maps by the federal government and education regarding the value of mapping. Value of location cloud technologies related to Smart Cities, the Internet of Things, and connected and autonomous vehicles.

Duration: March 22, 2011 to September 30, 2016

General Issues: Science/Technology, Transportation

Spending: about $633,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Related Foreign Entities: THERE Holding B.V. (Rijswijk, NED); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Audi A.G. (Ingolstadt, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 33%; Daimler A.G. (70327 Stuttgart, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 33%; BMW A.G. (80788 Munich, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 33%; Nokia Corporation (FIN-00045 Nokia Gr, FIN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%