SINGAPORE, Nov. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV:
TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for
navigation and location based solutions, today announced the availability of
its integrated digital maps of Southeast Asian countries. The updated Tele
Atlas MultiNet(TM) database includes comprehensive maps of Malaysia,
Singapore and Thailand and more than 200,000 points of interest (POIs) to
help personal navigation system and mobile phone users easily find places and
services such as restaurants and cinemas, as well as pharmacies, dentists,
doctors and car rental facilities.
The news follows Tele Atlas' recent announcement of a license and
distribution agreement with Beijing Changdi Youhao Mapping Technologies Co.,
Ltd., an affiliate of China-based Ritu Information Systems Inc. That
agreement will give Tele Atlas Asia Pacific full map coverage of 337 Chinese
cities, complete with censor codes, and put the company in a lead position in
the region, with maps covering seven countries and territories and hundreds
of millions of inhabitants.
"The new MultiNet Southeast Asia database is the best foundation on which
to build the fully featured and highly useful navigation and location based
solutions today's consumers want," said Tele Atlas Chief Operating Officer of
Asia Pacific Mark Steele. "It meets our demanding standards for providing
highly accurate, fully attributed street networks and contains the most
comprehensive and up-to-date set of POIs available in the region."
MultiNet Southeast Asia features include:
* Navigable street network data in Malaysia for the major cities of
Seremban, Melaka and Pinang. Additionally, the major road network
coverage has been increased to cover more than 65 percent of the
population, and index areas have been included for the first time to
improve addressing and geocoding;
* Updated street network data in Singapore with new and realigned
geometry in the Changi and Hougang areas and house numbers for the
entire country;
* Navigable street network data and newly incorporated index areas for
Bangkok, covering nearly 10 percent of the population of Thailand. In
addition, street network data is now available for more than half of
the total population, and the interconnecting street network is
complete for the entire country.
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power the
world's most essential navigation and location-based services. The
information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car
navigation systems, mobile and Internet map applications that helps users
find the people, places, products and services they need, wherever they are.
Tele Atlas also works with business partners that deliver critical
applications for emergency, business fleet and infrastructure services.
Founded in 1984, the company provides maps covering 54 countries around the
world. Tele Atlas employs approximately 2,300 full-time staff and contract
cartographers at offices in 20 countries and uses a sophisticated network of
professional drivers, mobile mapping vans and more than 50,000 data resources
to continually update its maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information, visit
http://www.teleatlas.com .
