Full navigable map in Egypt
NAVTEQ accelerated its map building program last year in Egypt when the government allowed GPS in mobile phones and navigation systems. The digital map maker now offers coverage of the country's entire road network of around 75,000 kilometers. Stretching from the Mediterranean Sea in the North to the Aswan Dam in the south, the map includes over 75,000 Points of Interest (POIs). In addition, the database features over 90 3D Landmarks of well-known locations in 14 key cities and tourist sites such as the Great Sphinx in Giza and the El Karnak Temple in Luxor.
New addressing system in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia NAVTEQ has made significant changes to accommodate changes in the address system. Traditionally, there has not been a home and street address structure with people depending on Post Box numbers to receive mail. As a result they have tended to use POIs rather than addresses to select a destination in a navigation system. To match this local habit NAVTEQ has increased the number of POI to nearly 150,000.
The new Saudi Post addressing system has now assigned a unique grid number to every residential house and commercial or government building. So NAVTEQ has also developed a map database based on that system. Once people become familiar with the new Wasel addresses, they will be able to use them to select destinations in their navigation systems and be routed directly from door to door.
“In addition to the work in Saudi Arabia, other recent developments include the first NAVTEQ Discover Cities product in the Middle East with the completion of a pedestrian map of Dubai." explained Frank Pauli, vice president EMEA map & content products.
Bulgaria
NAVTEQ also has completed its full navigable map coverage of Bulgaria. Drivers will now have access to routing along the country's entire road network of nearly 100,000 kilometers. The company has gathered over 33,000 Points of Interest too.
The NAVTEQ map links seamlessly to the road networks of the five bordering countries: Romania, Serbia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Turkey.
The map also features many attributes to support efficient routing, including speed limits, stop signs and traffic signals. NAVTEQ is also offering truck-specific attributes for routing large vehicles on the main road network. The data includes legal, height, width, weight, hazardous materials and time or date restrictions.
"We have established a base in Sofia as local presence is a key factor in understanding and incorporating country specific nuances whilst maintaining the company's global specification and high standards: we recognise the importance of local intelligence," commented Frank Pauli.
In the rest of Eastern Europe, NAVTEQ already has full coverage of Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
NAVTEQ map analyists are also continuing to expand coverage in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, the Ukraine and Romania. As an example, NAVTEQ now has over 167,000 kilometers of road network in its Romanian database.
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