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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

NAVTEQ Acquires PixelActive

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has acquired PixelActive.  The acquisition is an extension of NAVTEQ’s strategy to accelerate expansion from a 2D to 3D map, as well as providing further opportunity to leverage 3D technologies for all NAVTEQ products.

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Trimble Selects NAVTEQ Map Data for their Mapping & GIS Division

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announced that Trimble’s Mapping & GIS division has become a reseller of NAVTEQ® map data. Trimble’s Mapping & GIS division enables a wide range of industries to improve productivity by transforming their field workforce

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

NAVTEQ Celebrates 25 Years at the Forefront of the Industry

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps and location-based services, is celebrating 25 years at the forefront of industry. Having begun operations in 1985, the company today holds over 400 patents and supplies data to over 1700 customers across the globe. Since the opening of its first Asia-Pacific (APAC) office in Japan in 1996, NAVTEQ has

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Selects NAVTEQ for U.S. Map Data Coverage

NAVTEQ announces their agreement with the FCC to supply nationwide map data in support of broadband availability analysis for U.S. states and territories. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 charges the FCC with developing a national broadband plan so that all Americans have access to broadband capability.  Under the National Telecommunications and Information

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

NAVTEQ Chosen by NDrive Navigation Systems

NAVTEQ has extended its relationship with NDrive Navigation Systems.  Under the terms of a new global contract, NAVTEQ will supply the European based navigation specialist with maps, worldwide 3D Landmarks and also NAVTEQ Traffic™ services in Europe, North America and South America – the latter delivers comprehensive real-time traffic information aggregated from regional sources plus

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

NAVTEQ Focuses on Navigation Systems for Commercial Vehicles at the American Trucking Association (ATA) Conference

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, will be featuring impressive industry solutions at the American Trucking Association ManagementConference (ATA). ATA, being held from October 16-19, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ, is the largest trucking event in the transportation, fleet and truck

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

NAVTEQ Agreement with NGA Extends Access to Map Data for State and Local Entities

NAVTEQ announces that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) has expanded its agreement with NAVTEQ to permit State government entities designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) direct download access to NAVTEQ data. This agreement enables standardized use of NAVTEQ® map data across federal and state governent entities in support

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

NAVTEQ Highlights The Bottom Line Benefits At IAA Commercial Vehicles Show

NAVTEQ is focusing on a range of potential use cases at IAA this year.  The objective is to clearly demonstrate the business benefits, cost savings and returns on investment to be gained by implementing fleet and logistics solutions developed using the company’s digital map products. NAVTEQ is showcasing key applications such as Usage Based Insurance,

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

NAVTEQ Expands Map Coverage in Caribbean Islands and Central America

NAVTEQ announced today at the ESRI Latin America User Group Conference the availability of Intermediate Map sets for Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, and Panama.  Covering combined, approximately 320,000 kilometers of roads and 67,000 Points of Interest, these products are a separate class of map data to support NAVTEQ customers interested in utilizing

Monday, September 20th, 2010

NAVTEQ Delivers Enhanced Efficiency in Route Selection using Oracle Database 11g

NAVTEQ announces that NAVTEQ Traffic Patterns is now supported in Oracle® Database 11g Release 2 allowing better route selection based on time of day for users of the Oracle Spatial routing feature. NAVTEQ Traffic Patterns provides historic traffic speeds and time of day information derived from NAVTEQ’s robust traffic archive containing billions of probe and

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