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navteq discover cities

Jun 13, 2009 gps navigation, software

One of the biggest map makers, Navteq, is starting to promote their new product “Navteq Discover Cities’ which is already shipping on a few on-foot commercially available devices.

It includes certain key attributes such as pedestrian geometry, mass transit stops and lines, neighborhood data, and dynamic events. Just like in full in-vehicle GPS navigation systems, “Discover Cities” allows for functions like proximity search, POI lookup, and even image tagging. It may work on a variety of devices since it can look up your position either using the standard GPS, or other technologies such as Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, cell phone tower positioning.

NAVTEQ Discover Cities has extensive data that helps navigation devices and applications provide a variety of routing options to users – including those entirely on foot, or with portions on public transit systems. For instance, when a pedestrian consumer wants the option to use public transit, NAVTEQ Discover Cities enables routes that take into consideration the location of bus and rail stations/ stops and their entrances/exits in relation to the pedestrian route as well as the train/bus network information, including transfer locations.