NAVTEQ Chosen as the Preferred Supplier for Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group

NAVTEQ, a supplier of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, announced its selection as the preferred map provider for the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group. NAVTEQ was chosen as the preferred supplier based on its high-quality map data, single specification, extensive marketing support programs, and collaboration Mando Map and Software (MMS), an affiliate of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group.

As early as this year, NAVTEQ will provide maps for a variety of new Hyundai and Kia vehicle models in the United States, Canada, and Eastern and Western Europe. Critical to NAVTEQ’s selection as preferred map provider, was an extensive series of tests conducted by Hyundai that confirmed the quality of NAVTEQ map data.

In order to deliver a map database of this quality, NAVTEQ efficiently accesses and integrates data from multiple sources. Additionally, a broad network of over 700 geographic analysts, strategically located around the world, drive the roads to verify and update information in the NAVTEQ database resulting in map data that is fresh, accurate, and detailed.