Rotterdam - 2 June 2008 - AND Automotive Navigation Data, leading provider of worldwide digital mapping used for navigation and location-based services (LBS) around the world, today announced the availability of its full coverage navigable map of Austria. With this release AND continues to expand its road coverage for Western Europe and to provide the best alternative to Navteq and Tele Atlas in the market for digital maps.
The Austrian map includes rich comprehensive navigation features and is in line with the high quality specifications defined by AND and its customers. The digital map offers full coverage, is fully navigable and enables turn-by-turn route guidance and door-to-door route calculations.
Europe on street level
"With the release of street level maps for Austria we have taken another significant step in pursuing our ambition to complete full coverage of Western Europe. Within the next months we will also announce the availability of Switzerland, thereby completing the very important DACH countries. We believe the AND maps to be a very attractive alternative to the coverage of Navteq and Tele Atlas," according to Maarten Oldenhof, CEO of AND Automotive Navigation Data.
AND Automotive Navigation Data
AND Automotive Navigation Data is leading provider of digital mapping data used for navigation and location-based services around the world. AND Automotive Navigation Data focuses on the development of digital maps for Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Turkey. The digital maps are used in personal and 'in-car' navigation, Internet-based mapping, fleet management and more. The company was founded in 1984, is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (AND).
Contact AND:
Maarten Oldenhof (CEO), tel +31 10 8851200