Tele Atlas Adds Reality To Navigation With 3d

Tele Atlas announced this morning that it will be adding 3D Advanced City Models to its portfolio of mapping innovations. Advanced City Models use BLOM aerial imagery to create a photorealistic map that crosses over more accurately to the real world, in essence making navigation simpler. For now, it looks like Tele Atlas will focus mainly on big city centers with a release in Europe next month, followed by more cities in subsequent quarterly releases.

The TomTom-owned digital mapping powerhouse says it expects to cover hundreds of cities with Advanced City Models in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific by 2010. Tele Atlas maps are used on TomTom, Mio and Pioneer portable navigation devices, as well as Sony’s PSP and Google’s navigation products.

Tele Atlas Hd Traffic

Digital map and dynamic content provider Tele Atlas have just announced Tele Atlas HD Traffic.

Tele Atlas HD Traffic contains up-to-the-minute traffic information from multiple data sources which includes GPS readings from personal navigation devices, mobile phone signals, and road sensors. Tele Atlas HD Traffic takes all this data to provide – in real time – latest traffic conditions.

Some of the features Tele Atlas HD Traffic can be delivered to any connected, mobile device and features:

• Delivery of “live” congestion information
• Extremely accurate positioning of traffic jams
• High update frequency, with fresh data delivered every three minutes
• Road speeds, length and location data to deliver the complete picture of the traffic congestion
• Content based on a proven approach to collecting, processing and distributing real-time traffic data

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