Navteq
NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, personal navigation devices (PNDs), Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. Map and location-based point of interest data now act as the foundation of many location-based services. NAVTEQ map content powers navigation and location-based services solutions around the world.
NAVTEQ is also an innovator and aggressive advocate of placing location-based services and applications in the hands of everyday users. They are responsible for conceiving and running the Global LBS Challenge, a worldwide competition and showcase for location-based services that Skyhook has won twice. NAVTEQ has recognized that the path to mass-market adoption of LBS is to fulfill the needs of the consumer.
NAVTEQ also recognized that location-determination and location-based services are two complementary and equally important capabilities. When they identified the rapid and dramatic growth in non-GPS / Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices, they saw the opportunity to partner with Skyhook and deliver navigation, local search, and local advertising to a whole new class of devices. Integrating Skyhook's software-based WPS with their map data and applications, NAVTEQ can now deliver a fully integrated, end-to-end LBS solution to PMP, PND, Smartphone, and UMPC manufacturers.