<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/11/cabbies-help-microsoft-improve-online-mapping/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29">T-Drive, designed by Microsoft Research Asia, used GPS data </A>gathered from thousands of cabs in Beijing and satellite maps to get a better, more useful, picture of the streets around the Chinese capitol.