Kim Fennell, CEO of deCarta, said, "deCarta wants to provide the core geospatial platform technology so you don’t have to worry about it…We’ve evolved our technology to make it easier for app developers." In observing what he sees from his customer Fennell said, "Mobile operators and handset makers now want a common platform that supports multiple, integrated LBS applications. deCarta sees a need for a common platform from mobile operators and they are getting excited about this as the mobile industry involves.
deCarta just recently announced support for connected navigation devices or CNAVs. Real time two way (RTTW) connectivity enables access to dynamic content and internet search. Up-to-date content radically improves location look-up, gives user ability to query from the device while you are driving. With these devices, the consumer has the ability to look up company for which you don’t know the address, find it and route to it. "CNAV really changes the game…convergence is happening; and the ability to have a PND with a modem is the next iteration of the PND marketplace," said Fennell. [Consumers] want content that is up-to-date and not content that is already two years old when it leaves the store."
