TomTom Navigation Software Goes Real-Time Maps
GENEVA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TomTom (TOM2) today announces a crucial milestone in delivering up-to-date, personalized maps to car drivers, wherever they are. NavKit*, TomTom’s leading navigation software, now uses Real-Time Maps, seamlessly receiving incremental map updates and additional geographies.
With this successful migration of TomTom NavKit to Navigation Data Standard (NDS) maps, following the recent launch of the world’s first transactional mapmaking platform**, TomTom is making it even easier for car makers to update and deliver, also over the air, the freshest TomTom maps and navigation software to drivers around the world.
The use of the standard also provides car makers flexibility to choose map suppliers, configurability of geo-coverage to optimize storage usage, upgradability towards future map features, while maintaining automotive-grade quality.
“The challenge for today’s automotive industry is to create navigation and automated driving systems that are cost effective and future proof,” said Harold Goddijn, CEO at TomTom. “Incorporating Real-Time Maps in our core navigation software firmly establishes TomTom as one of the leading technology providers. This enables car makers to shape the future of mobility together with TomTom.”
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Notes to editors:
TomTom began offering NDS navigation based products to customers in 2015.
*About NavKit:
NavKit is the foundation for almost every product TomTom brings to market, including Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs), in-dash automotive systems, smartphone applications and the website MyDrive.TomTom.com. The current generation of TomTom PNDs, although powered by NavKit, is not covered by this announcement.
NavKit is offered in the form of a Software Development Kit (SDK) including Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for customized User Interface development. It is fully portable to any high-level Operating System (OS), such as Linux, Android, iOS, QNX, Tizen and Windows. It implements TomTom’s navigation IP and algorithms for our award-winning dynamic routing to outsmart traffic, intuitive destination entry and interactive 2D and 3D map visualization. NavKit is available in 134 countries.
**About TomTom’s Transactional Mapmaking Platform:
TomTom’s new transactional mapmaking platform brings great advantages in efficiencies and minimises the time between detecting changes in the real-world and updating the map on an end-user’s device. A change can pass through TomTom’s mapmaking process, be fully quality assured and end up in a customer’s map in just minutes. This new platform can scale to process new sources of sensor data efficiently, furthering TomTom’s lead in optimising professional and community input mapmaking techniques. End-users using TomTom maps will have accurate and up-to-date maps across automotive, mobile and location-based online applications.
About the NDS Consortium
TomTom is a founding member of the NDS consortium, which brings together leading automotive, navigation and mapping companies from around the world with the goal of creating a certifiable standard for mapping technology.
Together with ADASIS and SENSORIS, the NDS consortium started the Open Forum on Autonomous Driving in December 2015 with participants from more than 30 stakeholders
About TomTom Automotive:
TomTom Automotive is a trusted partner for innovative and future-proof navigation technology for the global automotive industry. As a global leader in connected navigation software, traffic information, and digital real-time maps, we offer Automotive OEMs the modular components to create competitive infotainment systems, as well as the technology to enable the future self-driving cars to see beyond their sensors.
About TomTom
At TomTom (TOM2) our mission is to make technology so easy to use, that everyone can benefit from it.
We created easy to use navigation devices, helping millions of people to get where they want to be. Today, we continue to simplify the complex, making technology more accessible for everyone.
We have four customer facing business units: Consumer, Telematics, Automotive and Licensing.
We make easy to use navigation devices, sport watches and action cameras for consumers. We enable businesses with vehicles to more easily manage and improve fleet efficiency whilst increasing overall business performance with our Telematics solutions. We also offer a world leading real-time map platform that is powering innovative location based services and helping to make automated driving a reality for the automotive industry.
Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have over 4,600 employees and sell our products worldwide.
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