NewsMaps News 
November 20, 2007
MapQuest brings turn-by-turn to mobile devices
MapQuest, in partnership with Telmap, today announced that the newest version of its voice-guided, GPS-enabled wireless application, MapQuest Navigator 5.0, is now widely available to consumers through a new direct-to-consumer storefront on MapQuest.com. Customers, including the 50 million ...
November 20, 2007
TomTom beats Garmin to Tele Atlas deal
TomTom appears to have beaten off a challenge from Garmin to buy Belgian cartographer Tele Atlas.The Dutch sat nav manufacturer has posted a bif of €2.9 billion (£2 billion), driving rival Garmin away from the negotiating table, taking ...
October 25, 2007
Satellite views coming to new Blu:Sens sat navs
Spanish firm Blu:Sens has an interesting new feature in its GO range of sat navs. Users can now elect to have the directions overlaid on satellite images in the mould of Google maps directions, allowing them to pick ...
October 25, 2007
Truck specific mapping is here
Stories about HGVs hitting bridges after following their sat navs to the ends of the Earth may be thin on the ground after Navteq announced that it was making data specific to the requirements of truckers available to ...
August 22, 2007
Display 3D maps off-road fun
Intermap Technologies has announced the launch of AccuTerra, the company's newest product offering that provides existing outdoor GPS and PND products with 3D maps and off-road points-of-interest (POI) --integrated with interactive 3D rendering software. The product addresses a ...
August 11, 2007
Full-colour topographic maps compatible for the first time with handheld GPS
Two of the outdoor industry's leaders in mapping and navigation, Magellan and National Geographic, today announced an alliance that will make National Geographic's award-winning, full-color topography maps fully compatible with handheld GPS receivers for the first time.Beginning ...
July 17, 2007
Telmap integrates INRIX traffic solutions
Telmap, a leading provider of mobile mapping and navigation solutions, and INRIX, the leading provider of traffic information, today announced the integration of INRIX real-time and predictive traffic speeds as well as incident solutions in the Telmap Navigator ...
May 15, 2007
Q: What do Alton Towers, a cash machine, and Cambridge University have in common?
A: They're all in your car - along with millions of other Points of Interest waiting within your Navman GPS device...GPS pioneer Navman is encouraging sat nav owners to explore their Point of Interest database this bank ...
April 17, 2007
New and expanded TomTom maps now available
TomTom has announced the availability of updates of most of its maps across its entire product portfolio.Customers will be able to conveniently update the maps for their device through TomTom HOME or via the TomTom website on www.tomtom.com. ...