Thursday, June 23, 2011

TomTom (Tele Atlas) expands map coverage of Latin America

TomTom extends its global coverage by introducing the start map of Venezuela for use in its industry partners` products and services. With the June global digital map products,TomTom is expanding its footprint in Latin America to encompass coverage of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, French Guiana, the French Overseas Territories and Venezuela.

The new Venezuela coverage, part of the TomTom ConnectPlus map, provides navigable street network coverage for Caracas, the great and largest metropolitan region in the country. Map coverage of Venezuela will proceed to grow, with navigable street network coverage in Valencia and Maracaibo planned to be usable by the end of 2011. Additionally, administrative boundaries exist for the total country enabling accurate geocoding throughout Venezuela.

Speed Profiles, providing the almost accurate and extensive historical traffic information, is now available for Brazil. Speed Profiles enables TomTom industry partners to develop applications for commuters and business fleets that allow drivers to go more efficiently, minimize transportation costs and find optimal routes to their destinations.The latest MultiNet map of Brazil includes fully attributed, navigable street network coverage in the cities of Salvador and Fortaleza as good as navigable coverage in 250 new municipalities. Additionally, more than 300 new beach Points of Interest (POIs) have been incorporated and will support tourism throughout the country.

The latest MultiNet map for Mexico leveraged extensive field surveys to have fully attributed, navigable street network coverage in the cities of Mexicali, Morelia, Hermosillo, San Miguel Allende and Saltillo. The gain of inner city lane information in Mexico City, Monterrey and Tijuana enables junction view for optimal navigation. Nearly 200,000 new Address Points in the city of Merida increase geocoding accuracy.

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