Nokia has completed the sale of its Here mapping business to a group of German car manufacturers, in a move which ends the dream of creating its own web services platform around the location software, but which may see that platform taking an important role in shaping the future of connected and autonomous car standards. The Finnish firm paid $8.1bn for Navteq, whose technology became the foundation for Nokia Maps and the cloud-based Here services, and got just $2.8bn back from selling it on eight years later, to a group made up of Audi, BMW and Daimler. The deal, concluded in August, valued the business at €2.8bn, subject to certain adjustments. Following those, Nokia’s net proceeds were €2.55bn ($2.8bn). This…