Like Google, Nokia wants to bring mobile mapping indoors. Photo: Mike Isaac/Wired.com

In what may have been the most modern version of Manifest Destiny to date, Google spent the better part of the last decade mapping the great outdoors. And on Tuesday, the company announced its intention to continue that quest, only indoors.

Naturally, there will be latecomers to any party. Enter Nokia, which announced its own initiative for indoor mapping services at an event in Sunnyvale, CA on Tuesday.

According to the EETimes, Nokia’s plans leverage Bluetooth technology to create a new protocol that would e...

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