ODF

NAVTEQ's Oracle Delivery Format (ODF) is the NAVTEQ Map delivered as Oracle Transportable Tablespaces on continental scales. NAVTEQ ODF, is a 'compiled format' and usage with Oracle Spatial allows developers to quickly and easily deploy mapping, geocoding, and routing services "out of the box" using the same high quality NAVTEQ data found in our other formats.

This functionality is part of the Oracle Spatial package also known a 'Location Services'. These Oracle applications run against a database schema defined in conjunction with Oracle Corporation.

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ODF: Functionality detail

Geocoding

• Both Latin-1 and Unicode support for geocoding
• Supported geocoding scenarios
• Street + House Number
• Admin + Postal Centroid
• Point Of Interest
• Reverse geocoding (Latitude/Longitude based)

Routing

• Cross-continental routing
• Considering variety of traffic restrictions
• Time / Distance based, with turn–by–turn maneuver description

Display

• Use Oracle’s Map Viewer to Map and Visually Analyze Your Data
• Pre-defined map configuration with styling for plug-and-play usage of mapping tables

Combining the Benefits of Oracle and NAVTEQ

Oracle Spatial provides:

• An Integrated Solution: spatial data becomes more transparent by residing in the same framework as core business data
• Centralized IT Management: Manage a single IT architecture for data, reduce specialized training expenses, and conform to organizational standards
• Openness and Interoperability: Oracle’s preeminence within IT ensures optimal compatibility across protocols and vendor platforms
• NAVTEQ is an Oracle Certifed Partner

NAVTEQ ODF enables:

• Eased deployment: Reduce costs and time associated with reoccurring compilation and loading of spatial data
• Accessibility and consolidation: The same NAVTEQ data that powers you back office solutions can serve customer-facing and location based services (LBS) applications
• The opportunity to extend your Oracle investment : Most common enterprise spatial applications will not require additional software, NAVTEQ’s ODF comes ready  to plug-and play

Documentation:

• Build a Mapping, Geocoding, Routing and POI Service using Oracle Spatial and Oracle Application Server Mapviewer - Oracle OpenWorld 2008 presentation
• Creating a Global Seamless Data Set for Mapping and Geocoding using Oracle Database 11g - Oracle OpenWorld 2008 presentation

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