NAVTEQ Database

Name of Product/Service NAVTEQ Database
Company Name NAVTEQ
Company Location Chicago, USA
Company Website http://www.navteq.com
Product/Service Website http://www.navteq.com
Status Commercial Service
Launch Date March 2004
PSI Sector Geographic
Main Source of PSI Re-used

Digital Maps

Value Added to PSI

Quality controlled database offering a broad range of dynamic navigation, route planning, location-based information and other geographic information products and services to consumer and commercial users. Products and services that use the database include a number of features such as real-time, detailed turn-by-turn route guidance, driving directions, route optimization, map displays and Points of Interest (POI).

Investment Costs and FTE (Full Time Equivalent) Staff Involved (in-house and outsourced)

Over six hundred NAVTEQ field researchers drive the roads of 69 countries on 6 continents using GPS-based collection technology and GWS software.

Description of the Business and Role of PSI

Provider of digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, and Internet-based mapping applications for international use.