Leading the region with maps of 15 countries and territories, company helps fuel
development of navigation and LBS solutions
SINGAPORE--(Business Wire)--
Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for
navigation and location based solutions (LBS), today unveiled its first maps for
Brunei and the Philippines and announced increased coverage across Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand. Tele Atlas maps for Asia Pacific are now the most
complete available, with navigable coverage of 15 countries and territories
including more than 6.6 million kilometers of roadways and 8.5 million points of
interest (POIs).
Tele Atlas maps for the Philippines cover more than 11 million inhabitants and
offer over 10,000 POIs. The maps include coverage of nearly 10,000 kilometers of
navigable roads, including fully attributed street network coverage of Manila.
Tele Atlas maps of Brunei cover more than 2,700 kilometers of roadways,
including complete street network coverage of the country.
Further building on its coverage lead in Southeast Asia, Tele Atlas navigable
maps now include:
* Expanded coverage of Indonesia with 340,000 kilometers and more than 96,000
POIs, including detailed street network coverage in all major cities;
* Malaysia coverage with more than 32,000 POIs and 73,000 kilometers of
roadways, including 10,000 new kilometers backed by Tele Atlas` proprietary
mobile mapping van technology;
* Thailand coverage of more than 765,000 kilometers and 476,000 POIs, marking an
increase of more than 10,000 new POIs and more than 80 percent of fully
attributable coverage;
* The addition of 110,000 kilometers and two million POIs in China, for a total
of more than 2.1 million kilometers and 10 million POIs available for the
country.
"We`re committed to rapidly expanding our Asia Pacific coverage in response to
increased demand from global customers for highly detailed and accurate maps of
all major countries," said Rajive Chandra, Tele Atlas Director of Sales and
Marketing, APAC. "With continued growth in the wireless and navigation markets
across the region, high quality maps can help them deliver the rich and
consistent features that their mobile users around the region have come to
expect."
The new Tele Atlas maps are immediately available to all Tele Atlas personal
navigation, wireless, Internet, automotive and enterprise customers worldwide.
The latest updates also include a range of Tele Atlas enhancement products such
as 3D Landmarks, 2D City Maps and Digital Elevation Models, which give local
search application users maps that more closely reflect their surroundings.
Tele Atlas currently offers maps of 94 countries around the world, including
fully navigable maps of Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
and Thailand. The company will continue to expand its Asia Pacific offering in
the future with additional map coverage in 2010.
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power many of the
world`s most essential navigation and location-based services (LBS). Through a
combination of its own products and partnerships, Tele Atlas offers map coverage
of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company was founded in
1984 and has offices in 27 countries around the world. Today, Tele Atlas maps
are developed with the insight of a community of millions of GPS system users
worldwide, who are adding to the company`s unmatched network of sources to track
and validate changes in real time, and deliver the best digital maps and dynamic
content. For more information, visit www.teleatlas.com or
http://investors.tomtom.com/index.cfm Tele Atlas is a subsidiary of TomTom N.V.
(AEX: TOM2).
Tele Atlas
Erin Delaney
+1 617 721 1923 (mobile)
erin.delaney@teleatlas.com
or
For IR and Financial Press
TomTom NV
Richard Piekaar
+31 (0)20 7 575 119
richard.piekaar@tomtom.com
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