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Navigation Technologies releases NAVTECH NAVSTREETS v 2.1
New release designed to streamline application development cycle
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Rosemont, IL (May 31, 2001) - Navigation Technologies, the leading global
provider of navigable map databases and street network data for North
America and Europe, announced today the availability of NAVTECH( NAVSTREETS(
version 2.1. Along with increased coverage of road-related data, this
latest upgrade now offers significant enhancements to support application
development including the ability to acquire individual state clips of
street-network data, to display country and state boundaries and to more
efficiently query streets and address information and merge datasets.
Available in MapInfo Tab files and ArcView Shapefiles, Navigation
Technologies' NAVSTREETS data is a detailed, digital representation of the
road networks in both North America and Europe that provides superior ground
truth with its unparalleled accuracy and depth of attributes. A street
network data accurate to within 15 meters for both sides of the street, and
includes 41 layers of mapping information and 65 navigable attributes,
NAVSTREETS data provides 10,022,931 total links; 1,870,855 total miles;
307,550 turn restrictions; 102,971 lane dividers and 1,329,194 one-ways. It
also includes tollbooths, postal names, 911 addressing, vanity addresses and
over 750,000 POIs.
NAVSTREETS 2.1 both continues the tradition of unrivalled street-network
detail and provides enhanced functionality to enable clients - particularly
technical developers - to more effectively exploit this comprehensive data.
Two new administrative boundary layers - one for country and one for state -
have been added, which allow users for the first time to view borders
between countries, such as North America and Canada, and individual states.
By displaying such boundaries, users can now construct country and state
level administrative area polygons. Another feature - the "Streets layer"
and the "Address layer" have been merged into one layer called "Streets",
simplifying geocoding and enabling developers to optimize query applications
and to create more robust route calculation functionality.
The most significant improvement for application evolvement in 2.1 is that
developers can now receive street network data for individual states. In
the past where several states were bundled together to deliver regional road
data, users can now select datasets of specific states, eliminating the need
to customize a regional database to create a smaller dataset. Along with the
ability to purchase state-specific data, an "Aligned Node" attribute has
been added to the Z-levels layer, which allows developers to more easily
merge state datasets together.
Randy Peterson, Navigation Technologies' Vice President and General Manager
of Business Solutions said, "We are committed to continually looking for
ways to improve the functionality of our data to support developers in their
new applications. The release of NAVSTREETS 2.1 is a significant step in
meeting that objective through the availability of customized street-network
data at the state level. For instance, customers can now order just the
dataset from the particular state they require, or also have the ability to
merge state datasets together to create a seamless view of a larger region."
In addition to the enhanced functionality of 2.1, Navigation Technologies
has continued to populate the NAVSTREETS product with ground truth data to
increase the depth of coverage of road-related features. With NAVSTREETS
2.1, over 20,000 new miles of roads have been collected, along with over
200,000 new links, nearly 46,000 one-way links, over 4000 new turn
restrictions and over 1750 new lane dividers. In addition, customers can
choose from three product levels. NAVSTREETS Base provides map display and
automatic vehicle location; NAVSTREETS Standard provides all features in the
Base product plus geocoding capabilities; and NAVSTREETS Premium provides
all features in the Standard product plus routing capabilities.
NAVSTREETS data provides a complete, up-to-date real world representation of
the street network. European coverage includes 100 percent coverage of the
main arterial roads within Europe's major highway networks including
detailed coverage in over 320 cities in the countries of Austria, Denmark,
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Sweden. The data provides
entire country detailed coverage for the United Kingdom and Benelux. In
addition to 100 percent coverage of main roadways throughout North America,
NAVSTREETS data provides detailed-level coverage for every road in areas in
which more than 57 percent of the North American continent's population live
and work. NAVSTREETS data contains navigable driving attributes for each
roadway segment as well as addresses, and points of interest in 40
categories such as restaurants, hotels, convention centers, and many more.
NAVTECH map information is road tested for accuracy by a field force that
literally drives millions of miles annually to verify as well as update the
information. Revisions are incorporated into the NAVTECH database, which is
updated and released to subscribers on a periodic basis.
About Navigation Technologies
Navigation Technologies is a global developer of precision digital map
databases and enabling technology used in a wide range of smart navigation
products including automotive, hand held products, GIS and fleet
applications, Internet mapping, PC-based applications and call center-based
navigation services. The company's NAVTECH brand digital maps, covering
North America and Western Europe, are the route guidance solution chosen by
leading automotive, electronics and software manufacturers for their
unrivaled accuracy, depth and reliability.
Navigation Technologies, which is privately held, is headquartered in the
Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, with major business operations in Fargo, ND;
Sunnyvale, CA; Best, The Netherlands, and Yokohama, Japan. The company has
approximately 1,300 employees and maintains over 100 offices in 18
countries. For additional information, visit the company's web site at
www.navtech.com.
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