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Thursday, July 2. 2009
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NAVTEQ: "The phone will not replace the sat-nav"
Not a new sentiment, though I've mostly heard it from sat-nav providers, not data providers. That comment comes from NAVTEQ vice president, Serge Bussat. He goes on to say, in an interview from Pocket-Link, "It's not about building the map, it's about building the layers on top of it." That says the article means not data layers, but apps. The future for NAVTEQ in sat-nav? In-car solutions. As the article points out, most folks commenting suggest phones will indeed push stand alone sat navs aside.
I'm not sure why it matters to NAVTEQ where its data end up. And, I'm not sure why a spokesperson would say, "it's not about building the map" unless it plans to get out of the data business and into the app biz. And, of course, the company is getting into the app biz, at least a bit, with its online and mobile phone directions/traffic apps.
Discussions in an MSNBC article that highlighted missing information in a satnav highlight the importance of the added layer. This was official NAVTEQ response from Navteq spokesman Bob Richter:
“The information for travelling on the I-66 is correctly referenced in the Navteq [sic] map and is made available to our customers. We regret we cannot comment on the actual system performance, as it is our policy not to speak on behalf of our customers who make other necessary decisions in the final system development once we deliver our data.”
- Pocket-Lint
In other NAVTEQ news:
NAVTEQ Vice Chairman (and former CEO) Judson Green is joining the board of human resources consulting and outsourcing company Hewitt Associates Inc.
- press release
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Wednesday, July 1. 2009
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Waze: Dash Reincarnate for Android?
Update: Now it's in open beta for Android across the U.S.
- SV/SJ Business Journal
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Monday, June 22. 2009
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NJ Bill Would Require Hands Free GPS Only in Cars
The bill introduced June 8th would impose a $100 fine. The bill proposed by Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith, a Democrat from Jersey City, will basically amend a law that prohibits non-hands free phones and texting by drivers.
- Daily Item
via CrunchGear
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Thursday, June 11. 2009
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Navigon and TeleNav to Follow TomTom with Turn by Turn for iPhone
Garmin has not thrown its hat into the ring, suggesting it will go up against the iPhone with its Nuvifone.
- AppleInsider
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Tuesday, June 9. 2009
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TomTom to Team with Apple; Stock Jumps 17%
After some tough months I'm sure the folks at TomTom were pleased with the market response to the announcement made yesterday at Apple World Wide Developer Conference. For now, TomTom is the only nav developer to partner with Apple. The first app, and a car kit for the iPhone, is slated for release this summer, when further details and pricing will be shared. One analyst suggested a $50 price point, about the same level as TomTom's introductory hardware offering, though this is far above the price of most apps in the AppStore.
- Wall Street Journal
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Monday, June 8. 2009
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Intermap Brings Terrain Data to the Masses on the iPhone
Monday, Intermap will announce its AccuTerra applications for the iPhone. The company is well known in the geospatial industry as the source of NextMap Britain and NextMap USA, two nationwide detailed topographic datasets collected using synthetic aperture radar (corrected per comment - originally said LiDAR). Aerial imagery is collected at the same time. Most of that data has been sold (on spec or later) to national mapping agencies and defense interests, though some has made it into car navigation use and higher-end ruggedized GPS units for backcountry enthusiasts.
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