Renewable Energy Atlas Launched on Earth Day

The Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont, built on ESRI's ArcGIS technology, was launched on Earth Day, 22nd April 2010. Web site visitors can identify, visualise, and analyse data about existing and promising renewable energy projects for Vermont's towns and counties. Visitors can select from biomass, efficiency, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind renewable energy data layers and use geographic information system (GIS) tools to view existing and proposed projects by area. All renewable energy data layers were created and analysed using ESRI's ArcGIS Desktop software and published with ArcGIS Server. The Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont will assist town energy committees,... (read more)

2010-04-26 11:59:00

Tele Atlas Digital Map of India

Tele Atlas (Netherlands) has announced the availability of Tele Atlas digital maps for India, which includes 5,463 sub-districts, 593 districts and 35 states and union territories (UTs), and includes detailed street level coverage for approximately 109,000 kilometers in eight major cities: Ahmadabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR (the National Capital Region, including Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Bahadurgarh as well), Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai (including Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan and Navi Mumbai) and Pune. Tele Atlas delivers maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Tele Atlas' new map offering of India covers the complete national... (read more)

2008-09-10 09:26:56

Tele Atlas Launches MultiNav Digital Map Database

Tele Atlas (MA, USA) has unveiled Tele Atlas MultiNav, the company's newest digital map platform that is designed to allow navigation application developers even greater speed and flexibility for building next generation mapping applications. MultiNav features all of the benefits of Tele Atlas' rich digital map database, delivered with a smaller data footprint to help decrease time-to-market, enable developers spend less time in the development process and allow a smaller run-time format for their innovative applications for a competitive advantage. Tele Atlas' comprehensive map content spans across 27.2 million kilometres in more than 70 countries, to the front doors of... (read more)

2008-06-12 09:22:38

Tele Atlas Appoints Managing Director Japan

Tele Atlas (The Netherlands) has appointed Shinya Banno as managing director of Tele Atlas Japan. In this role, Banno will be responsible for all business operations in Japan, including sales, customer support and marketing. He reports to Asia Pacific chief operating officer Mark Steele. "Tele Atlas has made significant investments to expand its map coverage and operations in the Asia Pacific region this year, and looked to secure a leader with unparalleled navigation industry experience in our core market, Japan," said Steele. "Banno's successful track record in the navigation and automotive markets in both North America and Japan made him... (read more)

2006-10-30 12:00:00

Tele Atlas Forms JV in Taiwan

Tele Atlas (The Netherlands) has announced a joint venture with Systems and Technology Corporation (S&T) to form Tele Atlas Taiwan Co., Ltd., an independent entity focused on delivering a complete digital map of the territory for portable, Internet, in-car and wireless navigation systems and applications. Tele Atlas Taiwan also unveiled its first mobile mapping van in the Asia Pacific region in the heart of downtown Taipei. Formed in 1987, S&T is recognised for delivering automatic vehicle location systems that track mobile assets and producing high quality digital maps of Taiwan. The S&T map database includes 100 percent coverage of... (read more)

2007-07-19 02:19:09

Sygic and Tele Atlas Power McGuider 2009

Mobile navigation software provider Sygic and Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, have announced the availability of McGuider Europe 2009, the next generation of the popular software that turns users’ mobile devices into powerful navigation systems. McGuider 2009 features a 4GB memory card to convert PDAs and smartphones using Windows Mobile or Symbian systems into fully functioning navigation devices. The new release includes enhanced navigation content and features to enrich the user experience such as safety cameras data, multilingual support for major cities and McGuider Assistant, which enables... (read more)

2008-12-03 03:10:16

Tele Atlas MultiNet Global Digital Map Database

Tele Atlas (CA, USA) has unveiled Tele Atlas MultiNet 2006.10, the next generation of its MultiNet global digital map database. This latest version of the company's development platform for navigation and location based applications encompasses a complete street network vector database covering major and interconnecting roads, local streets and 650 million addresses in 51 countries. MultiNet 2006.10 also features a most accurate digital map of North America. MultiNet is the global data and content foundation for many of the world's leading consumer and enterprise mapping solutions, including millions of in- car navigation systems and portable navigation devices, PDAs and mobile... (read more)

2006-11-21 12:00:00

MiTAC Extends Relationship with Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas (Netherlands) and MiTAC International (Taiwan) have announced that MiTAC navigation solution subsidiaries Mio and Navman have extended their agreements to use Tele Atlas digital maps and content for each brand's complete range of personal navigation devices and products. The agreement covers a three year period and marks an extension of the companies' current partnerships, which began in 2005. Through the agreement, Mio and Navman products will be able to leverage Tele Atlas' full line of digital map content and products, including navigable map data for 74 countries, Tele Atlas 3D Landmarks, Tele Atlas Digital Elevation Model, Tele Atlas... (read more)

2008-08-29 09:04:23

"One Planet Many People” Atlas Launched

The dramatic and, in some cases, damaging environmental changes sweeping planet Earth are brought into sharp focus in a new atlas launched to mark World Environment Day (WED). Produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), One Planet Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment compares and contrasts spectacular satellite images of the past few decades with contemporary ones, some of which have never been seen before. The huge growth of greenhouses in southern Spain, the rapid rise of shrimp farming in Asia and Latin America and the emergence of a giant, shadow puppet-shaped peninsula at the mouth of the... (read more)

2005-06-06 12:00:00

Tele Atlas Delivers Asia Speed Profile

Tele Atlas, a provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, announce the availability of Tele Atlas Speed Profiles in Taiwan, the first complete historic speed product in Asia. Built with insight from local drivers, navigation system users can find the fastest routes and accurately estimate travel times. With Speed Profiles, drivers can make the best route choices that normally only well-informed locals would select and, in turn, save valuable time and money. With congested roadways and ever-increasing travel times, users of mapping applications are seeking better ways to travel efficiently, minimise transportation costs... (read more)

2009-11-04 01:11:15