GPS BUSINESS NEWS:
GPS Business News interviewed with Maarten Oldenhof, CEO at the European map maker AND (Automotive Navigation Data). As a challenger against the 800 pounds gorilla named NAVTE (Read More)
Engadget:
Magellan's new iPhone navigation app won't do much for the iPod touch on its own, but it looks like the company's forthcoming Premium Car Kit will in fact work just fine with the handheld out of the box, unlike TomTom's simil (Read More)
GPS LBS:
Navteq announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Navteq map data to power its geospatial analysis needs. (Read More)
O'Reilly Radar:
On Friday, my latest tweet was automatically posted to my Facebook news feed, as always. But this time, Tom Scoville noticed a difference: the link in the posting was no longer active. It turns out that a lot of other people (Read More)
All Points Blog:
The state law is set to change come January and it may change if counties can charge for geospatial data and may open the licensing of that data.NAVTEQ wants a copy of Whiteside County's data. The company is happy to pay, but (Read More)
GPS BUSINESS NEWS:
Digital map maker NAVTEQ has doubled its coverage for their real-time traffic service in Canada, now encompassing more than 13 million people (40 percent of Canada's total population). (Read More)
GPS BUSINESS NEWS:
Jordan-based IT provider ARCO-TT has launched iNav, its first range of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) in Jordan with NAVTEQ map data. “Launching iNAV for the first time in (Read More)
geo2web.com:
Intrinsyc Software just announced a new GPS navigation app for Android phones out there. We’re not sure how good of competitor it will be for Google’s free navigation app but it is always good to have options. The new GPS nav (Read More)
mocoNews.net:
Mobile social network Loopt has upgraded its location-aware service with a new feature called Pulse. Pulse lets users search through their friends’ recommendations and comments, (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Mobile social network Loopt is getting into the real-time game with Pulse, which will bring recommendations for things to do to depending on where you are and what’s popular at the moment.It pulls in data from content partner (Read More)
geo2web.com:
We’re not used to this naming convention from Magellan. Their newest model that showed up on Best Buy’s website is called Magellan SE4. Magellan SE4 is a GPS navigation system with a 4.3? screen, preloaded with Navteq maps th (Read More)
NaviGadget:
One of the biggest digital map makers – Navteq – now has most complex freeway intersections rendered in 3D, and is ready to sell the new feature to manufacturers of GPS navigation systems. The 3D world they have created comes (Read More)
Engadget:
Man, talk about awful timing. At least TomTom and Navigon were able to sell a few rounds of their pricey iPhone GPS application before Google went and ruined everyone's day (at least in the GPS biz), and now that Google Maps (Read More)
GPS BUSINESS NEWS:
NAVTEQ commissioned a survey conducted by Marketing Research Services Inc. (MRSI) to study the impact of location-based advertising on consumers. The study surveyed 757 respond (Read More)
All Points Blog:
Last I looked there some 300 news articles about Google announcement yesterday of the beta of Google Navigation for the Android (and perhaps other) platforms. Stocks of PND players like TomTom and Garmin were down (though the (Read More)
Engadget:
Well, Magellan doesn't seem to be doing much talking about this one itself just yet, but Best Buy has a fresh listing for a new SE4 nav unit from the company, and it seems to be available right now. Better still, Best Buy als (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It's hard to compete with free Google apps, but that's not why they're screwe (Read More)
GPS BUSINESS NEWS:
According to a NAVTEQ research, based on nearly 395,000 unique route tests in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities, it appears that historical traffic data ( NAVTEQ Traffic Patterns) can save drivers up to 22 ho (Read More)