NavTech Offers Detailed Map Coverage of Oklahoma City
31 July 1998
NavTech Offers Detailed Map Coverage of Oklahoma City
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--July 30, 1998--Route guidance coverage for vehicle navigation systems has arrived for drivers in Oklahoma City, Okla., in the latest release of the NavTech(R) Database.
Navigation Technologies Corporation (NavTech), the premier supplier of superior quality, continuously updated route guidance map databases for North America and Europe, announced that it has completed detailed map coverage of Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area coverage comprises 1600 square miles (.93 million people), including all or parts of Canadian, Cleveland, McClain and Oklahoma counties.
The NavTech Database is 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 route guidance. It provides detailed, street-level coverage for more than half the U.S. population in over 3,000 cities nationwide, including most major tourist destinations.
The remainder of the U.S. is covered at a level equivalent to the roads featured on a AAA state map. The database includes over 500,000 Points of Interest in more than 40 categories, including restaurants, gas stations and hotels. Every in-vehicle navigation system in North America and the majority of systems in Europe that offer turn-by-turn route guidance use a NavTech Database.
Among some of the Oklahoma City landmarks listed as Points of Interest in the NavTech coverage are the Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark, the University of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma State Capitol, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Myriad Gardens Botanical Center, Remington Park Race Track, Frontier City Theme Park, the Red Earth Indian Center, and the A.P. Murrah Building Bombing Memorial.
About Navigation Technologies Corporation
NavTech is a global company recognized as the premier supplier of superior quality, continuously updated route guidance map databases for both North America and Europe. The NavTech Database 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 route 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 traveler information systems and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
NavTech headquarters: Corporate, Rosemont, Illinois USA; North America, Sunnyvale, California 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.
Note to editors: For additional information on NavTech, please visit the NavTech Web site at http://www.navtech.com.
