NAVTEQ On Board

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, location-based services, and government and business solutions. The company has built one of the most robust and accurate geographic databases in the world.

• Virtually every major automobile manufacturer currently offering a navigation system in North America and Europe uses NAVTEQ® maps in one or more of their models.
• NAVTEQ maps power every major internet mapping portal in North America and Europe.
• In 2005, our database powered more map-enabled devices than any other solution in North America and Europe.
• On average, we estimate 60 million NAVTEQ maps were used everyday in 2005.

NAVTEQ leadership has been achieved through the integrity of the build processes that deliver a map database of unique quality to one worldwide specification.

NAVTEQ History
From early on, the company has focused on creating fully navigable digital map databases which have been fundamental to growth in vehicle navigation, online mapping and location-enabled portable devices including personal navigation devices (PNDs), PDAs and mobile phones.

NAVTEQ was a pioneer, investing in the development of a navigable map database well in advance of systems that could actually utilize them. While the company was founded in 1985, the first commercial navigation applications appeared in 1994 and 1996 in Europe and North America, respectively.

NAVTEQ's vision to revolutionize the way people use maps has become a reality. NAVTEQ maps are used to deliver millions of routes everyday.

Today NAVTEQ, a publicly traded company, is headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, with approximately 2,000 employees worldwide. With a regional European headquarters located in Veldhoven, Netherlands, a major production facility in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, and support centers in Seoul, South Korea, Mexico City, Mexico, and in Yokohama, Japan, NAVTEQ is located in 139 offices in 25 countries.

NAVTEQ Map Database
NAVTEQ maps span over 58 countries and territories on six continents. Concentrated heavily in North America and Europe, the NAVTEQ® map database continues its expansion into numerous markets around the world. Whether in Europe, North America or an ever-growing list of World Markets, NAVTEQ delivers data to the same database specification utilizing the same technology at a consistently high level of quality and support.

Enabling delivery of door-to-door directions throughout Europe and North America, NAVTEQ data is a widely recognized and trusted name in the digital mapping industry. From turn restrictions to relative road crossing heights, every road segment captured in the NAVTEQ database has up to 204 data attributes, such as access restrictions, one-way streets and speed categories to help optimize navigation. Additionally, the NAVTEQ database includes Points of Interest (POIs) in approximately 50 categories globally including restaurants, gas stations, hotels and banks, making it easier to locate and route to desired destinations.

NAVTEQ Map Quality
NAVTEQ has approximately 600 geographic analysts strategically located around the world. NAVTEQ geographic analysts actually drive the roads, verifying and updating information in the NAVTEQ database. This in-depth "human factor" delivers data consistent with real world conditions and results in a multi-faceted and comprehensive product. To date, there are approximately eleven million miles of roadway represented in the NAVTEQ database.

For more information about NAVTEQ visit our corporate web site www.navteq.com