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Using NAVTECH Maps to add Location to your Application

Written by Liz Meagher  [author's bio]  [read 41416 times]
Edited by Derek

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Navigation Technologies

Navigation Technologies, a leader in digital map data, is committed to providing digital maps that are richer, fresher and easier to use. Navigation Technologies is also committed to facilitating the delivery of compelling location based solutions and helping developers get their applications to market faster and more efficiently.

Navigation Technologies has built a comprehensive and precise digital map by employing one the industry's most extensive development and quality control programs, executed by one of the largest teams of field analysts in the world. The company's detailed map data is captured by more than 375 full time professional Navigation Technologies employees, who drive millions of miles a year on the roads in North America, Europe and other targeted regions around the globe to provide accurate and ever-expanding detail to NAVTECH maps.

NAVTECH maps power every in vehicle navigation system in the U.S. and the majority in Europe. They also fuel all of the leading online mapping destinations, as well as major wireless, fleet and government applications.

From turn restrictions to relative road crossing heights every road segment of the NAVTECH map database has up to 150 attributes such as one-way streets and speed categories that help optimize routes. Additionally, the NAVTECH database includes Points of Interest (POI) in 45 categories like banks, hospitals, shopping centers and recreation areas. This robust, information-rich data can help take your application to the next level.

NAVTECH Professional Services

In an effort to assist service providers and application developers in the rapid deployment of LBS application, NAVTECH Professional Services has created a series of application development frameworks and tools relevant to handheld devices, server environments or on-board solutions.

Free Application Developers Kit

Interested? Navigation Technologies Application Developers Kit is available for free. The kit includes a two-mile cut of the NAVTECH map database, which will allow you to get a feel for the data, how it works and the applications that can be created. The kit includes technical details to help get you started. You can obtain a free CD by emailing Navigation Technologies at wireless@navtech.com or by calling 866-422-8171.

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