Archive for March, 2010

NAVTEQ Provides Traffic Data for Weather.com Maps

NAVTEQ has struck a deal with the Weather Channel Interactive Inc. to provide Weather.com users
interactive traffic content along with its current weather mapping.

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Mentor Engineering Inks Deal with Tele Atlas for Maps

Mentor Engineering has signed an agreement with Tele Atlas in which it will provide digital maps for
Mentor’s navigation software packages, including Mentor Streets, Mentor IntelliFleet, and the navigation module of
Mentor Ranger.

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Autodesk to Play Key Role in South Korea’s Tomorrow City

Autodesk is working with South Korea’s Incheon Free Economic Zone and the Incheon Urban Development
Corporation on the creation of their Tomorrow City in Song-do City, within Incheon.

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Estimating Vehicle Emissions in Response to Urban Sprawl

As modern development places homes and workplaces ever farther apart, commute times lengthen
— which means more exhaust in the air, and more negative impacts on the environment. The VERTUS
(Vehicle Emissions Related To Urban Sprawl) simulation tool was developed to help urban planners quantify the
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NAVTEQ Maps out Vehicle Map and Positioning Engine Strategy

NAVTEQ has developed a map and positioning engine (MPE) strategy that will make map-enhanced advanced
driver assistance systems (ADAS) available to all vehicles, even cars without an installed navigation system or
navigable map, according to the company.

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XATA Adds Customer-Defined Reporting Capabilities to XATANET

XATA Corporation has added customer-defined reporting capabilities to XATANET. The new self-service
reporting tool allows customers to use their data within XATANET to create additional reports tailored to their
fleet operations needs.

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Caliper Announces American Community Survey 2006 for TransCAD

Caliper Corporation has released the Table Chooser for the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS). The
Caliper Table Chooser automates the most tedious tasks associated with using census files in a GIS, including
extraction, table formatting, and joining table data to maps for subsequent GIS operations.

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Navteq Joins Caltrans Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Effort

The California Department of Transportation has selected NAVTEQ to support deployment of the Connected
Traveler program as part of Caltrans’ United States Dept. of Transportation SAFE TRIP-21 contract.

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Fastrax Integrates Software, Hardware in Track&Trace

Fastrax has launched its Track&Trace platform, integrating all software and hardware
components needed for tracking applications in its system, according to the company.

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Navman Wireless, Donlen Enter Partnership

Navman Wireless North America has entered a strategic partnership with fleet leasing and management
company Donlen Corporation. Donlen, through its subsidiary dba Donlen Telematics, will provide its customer base
with Navman Wireless’ GPS fleet management solutions.

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