NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, today reached a major pedestrian milestone, adding Johannesburg, South Africa as the 100th city to NAVTEQ Discover Cities.
Adding Johannesburg to NAVTEQ Discover Cities was a natural development, given the importance of this city as a major tourist destination in 2010 and beyond. In fact, many newly developed areas and POIs were added to the city landscape and have been incorporated into the product to enable a truly enjoyable pedestrian experience.
Today’s achievement is particularly significant given the sheer depth and complexity of the pedestrian navigation data NAVTEQ specialists collect, based on a single, global specification. For example, when walking the world’s cities they meticulously collect over 50 pedestrian-specific attributes, ranging from footbridges and park paths, to public transport access points and stop locations.
The unique combination of insightful data in Discover Cities helps pedestrians navigate to their destinations via a variety of routes, including those entirely on foot. And, using NAVTEQ Discover Cities data, pedestrian navigation applications can also show exactly where to access and exit the public transport system. NAVTEQ works closely with public transport operators sourcing information on, for example, schedule updates and new access points to help application providers deliver the best routing options to pedestrians on the go.
Discover Cities already powers several on-foot commercially available devices and applications throughout the world including: Garmin’s CityXplorer maps, Networks In Motion Gokivo Navigator for the Blackberry and Ovi Maps by Nokia.
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