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NAVTEQ Releases Complete Detailed Coverage for Finland |
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Written by NAVTEQ
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Wednesday, 20 September 2006 |
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Highest Attribution Level Covers 100% Of Finnish Population
CHICAGO, Sept. 20 -- NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital
map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has achieved another
milestone in their plans for 100% complete Detailed Coverage of Western Europe.
With the Q2/06 release of complete Detailed Coverage for Finland, all navigable
and named roads in Finland have been verified and up to 204 NAVTEQ attributes
have been applied to those roads where applicable. Attributes enable and enhance
navigation by avoiding legal and physical restrictions and providing important
driver information such as number of lanes in each direction of travel, speed
limits and special speed situations. Also included are over 40 categories of Points
of Interest (POIs) that assist users in selecting their destination and routing
to the businesses like restaurants, stores and gas stations they are looking for.
POI attributes include identifying that the name is different in another language
from its natural language, a common situation in the bilingual areas of the country
where both Finnish and Swedish are spoken and written.
"Complete Detailed Coverage allows NAVTEQ customers to develop turn-by- turn
navigation applications for over five million Finns from urban areas such as Helsinki
to the remote tundra in Lapland," stated George Filley, Vice President of Product
Management for NAVTEQ, "We're one step closer to meeting our goal to provide our
highest level of road network attribution to all Western Europeans by the end
of the year."
With the commencement of the EU Presidency in Finland in July, NAVTEQ's over
600,000 km of roads and approximately 12,000 POIs will benefit the participants
to the approximately 130 meetings scattered around over 20 locations in the country
that are expected to take place in Finland.
About NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive
navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications,
and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map
content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the
world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 2,000
employees located in 139 offices in 25 countries.
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