June/July 2007

You can now get 'joined-up' navigable digital mapping covering every country of the world from Navteq, the mapping specialist. It has reached this milestone by extending its Entry Maps range - a portfolio of maps which, though less detailed than its famous street-level series, still include key information needed for navigation systems.

The company says this means it is the only supplier offering a global portfolio of digital maps that are edge-matched to each other. They are also matched to its detailed navigable maps, and can be used in applications that work with existing Navteq mapping.

Entry Maps contain all the major highways and major cities for a given country. Additional levels of roads, including rural and residential roads and points of interest for major towns, are also included in some areas, and are available in 184 countries.

The series is said to have has been developed to support global GIS, fleet and asset tracking and wireless or Internet location applications. It also supports geocoding and reverse geocoding functions.