NavTech Offers Europe's Major Road Network; Maker of the leading navigation CD-ROMs makes it easy for users of car navigation systems to drive across Europe.DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1998--Owners of vehicle navigation See GPS and vehicle tracking. systems who frequently embark on long distance drives will want to take special note of new data now available through Navigation Technologies (NavTech). NavTech, makers of the navigation CD-ROMs used in today's leading vehicle navigation systems, this month unveiled Major Roads of Europe, a new and valuable upgrade to its standard navigation CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). products that provides driving directions for the European highway network. The new data, Major Roads of Europe, helps travellers navigate their way through Europe's major highway network, guiding drivers to the centres of approximately 200 cities across Europe. Aiming to make things easy for the driver, NavTech is bundling Major Roads of Europe with each of its standard navigation CD-ROM products so drivers receive both detailed driving directions of the featured region as well as long distance driving directions -- all on one CD. For a modestly higher price, NavTech will make Major Roads of Europe available this month on its Germany navigation CD (Germany with Major Roads of Europe). It will make it similarly available on its other navigation CDs in the coming months. NavTech's other navigation CDs provide coverage for: Benelux, France, Italy/Austria/Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Coming later this year are CDs for the Mediterranean (featuring coastal sections of northern Italy Northern Italy comprises of two areas belonging to NUTS level 1:
"Our approach to how we deliver the European highway network is unique in the industry," says NavTech Europe President Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. . "Adding Major Roads of Europe data to existing products means users can obtain detailed navigation information in the country or region for which they have purchased a CD, and also obtain high-level driving directions to Europe's most popular and visited city centres. This is a powerful advantage for the driver, who can embark on a long distance drives without the hassle of changing CDs." About Navigation Technologies Corporation NavTech is the premier supplier of superior quality, continuously updated navigable NAVIGABLE. Capable of being navigated. 2. In law, the term navigable is applied to the sea, to arms of the sea, and to rivers in which the tide flows and reflows. 5 Taunt. R. 705; S. C. Eng. Com. Law Rep. 240; 5 Pick. R. 199; Ang. Tide Wat. 62; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. map databases for both North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. The NavTech(R) Database is the database of choice for a wide range of route guidance products and services requiring a highly accurate road network database. It contains an extensive and precise digital representation of the road network that provides the depth, accuracy and coverage needed to enable turn-by-turn, door-to-door guidance. Applications using the NavTech Database include in-vehicle navigation products, fleet management systems, personal navigation products, web sites and online services, kiosk-based directions, advanced traffic and traveller information systems and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). NavTech headquarters: Corporate, Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, founded in 1956. The population was 4,224 at the 2000 census. Geography Rosemont is located at (41.990730, -87.873816)GR1. USA; North America, Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. USA; Europe, Best, The Netherlands. In addition, NavTech has a customer support center in Yokohama, Japan and more than 70 field offices and 800 employees worldwide. -0- Note to editors: For additional information on NavTech, please visit the NavTech Web page at http://www.navtech.com For further information in Europe, please contact: Peg Herbst or Kathrin Ehrig Navigation Technologies BV Ketchum Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most de Waal 15 Schwanthalerstr. 69 5684 PH Best 80336 Munchen The Netherlands Phone: 089 54 43 70 40 Phone: 31 0499 331414 Fax: 089 54 43 70 45 Fax: 31 0499 331410 CONTACT: Navigation Technologies Hugh Drummond, 408/617-5107 |
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