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Friday, June 29, 2012
TomTom Offers Free Daily Map Changes on All Devices
CONCORD, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 28, 2012 — Starting today, TomTom is enabling all of its 60 million portable navigation devices to receive free daily map changes via the TomTom Map Share community. Map Share enables drivers to keep their maps up-to-date by making immediate changes on their device and to receive similar updates from the Map Share community around the world. Map Share was previously only available on a limited number of TomTom devices.
Map Share technology enables drivers to keep the TomTom map on their device up-to-date with immediate changes in their area. Dynamic road changes, such as changed speed limits, new street names, blocked roads and new traffic directions can be updated directly on the device. Drivers then have the choice to share those road changes with TomTom and the broader Map Share community. All TomTom customers can now download daily Map Share changes for free.
“Roads change all the time. Overnight, roads can close or traffic can be diverted, having a big impact on people’s journey times,” says Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director from TomTom. “With Map Share, drivers can update their own map themselves right away. Plus, we have an active community of drivers who share around 250,000 road changes with TomTom and each other every month. We are pleased to expand our community, because the more people who use Map Share the greater the navigation experience for all our customers.”
Map Share enables people to quickly and easily report and share the most frequent road changes. More structural, long-term changes such as the addition of roads or roundabouts are validated and updated within TomTom’s maps and made available on a quarterly basis. TomTom applies a hybrid approach to map-making that includes the combination of authoritative sources, such as field collection, government data or satellite imagery, with community input to ensure its maps accurately reflect reality.
Availability
Map Share is already available for many TomTom customers. Starting today, all TomTom Start, VIA and GO customers will be able to receive free daily map changes form the TomTom Map Share Community via a simple, free software update.
A video providing an overview of TomTom’s Map Share can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6O23csHkMk.
Notes for editors
Daily map changes include the more dynamic, frequent changes that drivers are likely to encounter such as:
•Changed speed limits
•New street names
•Blocked roads
•New traffic directions
•Altered turn restrictions
Drivers have control over which daily map changes they load onto their device. They can choose to accept changes submitted by some or many other Map Share users, or only those verified by TomTom.
Quarterly map updates are still be available for all TomTom devices, either for a fee or free with devices eligible for lifetime map updates.
About TomTom
Founded in 1991, TomTom (AEX:TOM2) is the world’s leading supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services focused on providing all drivers with the world’s best navigation experience. Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has over 3,500 employees and sells its products in over 40 countries. Our products include portable navigation devices, in-dash infotainment systems, fleet management solutions, maps and real-time services, including the award winning TomTom HD Traffic.
For the world’s most up-to-date route planner, including live traffic information go to www.tomtom.com/livetraffic.
For further information, please visit www.tomtom.com.
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Contact:
TomTom
Lea Armstrong, 978-405-1840
CONCORD, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 28, 2012 — Starting today, TomTom is enabling all of its 60 million portable navigation devices to receive free daily map changes via the TomTom Map Share community. Map Share enables drivers to keep their maps up-to-date by making immediate changes on their device and to receive similar updates from the Map Share community around the world. Map Share was previously only available on a limited number of TomTom devices.
Map Share technology enables drivers to keep the TomTom map on their device up-to-date with immediate changes in their area. Dynamic road changes, such as changed speed limits, new street names, blocked roads and new traffic directions can be updated directly on the device. Drivers then have the choice to share those road changes with TomTom and the broader Map Share community. All TomTom customers can now download daily Map Share changes for free.
“Roads change all the time. Overnight, roads can close or traffic can be diverted, having a big impact on people’s journey times,” says Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director from TomTom. “With Map Share, drivers can update their own map themselves right away. Plus, we have an active community of drivers who share around 250,000 road changes with TomTom and each other every month. We are pleased to expand our community, because the more people who use Map Share the greater the navigation experience for all our customers.”
Map Share enables people to quickly and easily report and share the most frequent road changes. More structural, long-term changes such as the addition of roads or roundabouts are validated and updated within TomTom’s maps and made available on a quarterly basis. TomTom applies a hybrid approach to map-making that includes the combination of authoritative sources, such as field collection, government data or satellite imagery, with community input to ensure its maps accurately reflect reality.
Availability
Map Share is already available for many TomTom customers. Starting today, all TomTom Start, VIA and GO customers will be able to receive free daily map changes form the TomTom Map Share Community via a simple, free software update.
A video providing an overview of TomTom’s Map Share can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6O23csHkMk.
Notes for editors
Daily map changes include the more dynamic, frequent changes that drivers are likely to encounter such as:
•Changed speed limits
•New street names
•Blocked roads
•New traffic directions
•Altered turn restrictions
Drivers have control over which daily map changes they load onto their device. They can choose to accept changes submitted by some or many other Map Share users, or only those verified by TomTom.
Quarterly map updates are still be available for all TomTom devices, either for a fee or free with devices eligible for lifetime map updates.
About TomTom
Founded in 1991, TomTom (AEX:TOM2) is the world’s leading supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services focused on providing all drivers with the world’s best navigation experience. Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has over 3,500 employees and sells its products in over 40 countries. Our products include portable navigation devices, in-dash infotainment systems, fleet management solutions, maps and real-time services, including the award winning TomTom HD Traffic.
For the world’s most up-to-date route planner, including live traffic information go to www.tomtom.com/livetraffic.
For further information, please visit www.tomtom.com.
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Contact:
TomTom
Lea Armstrong, 978-405-1840
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
165TB of New Imagery Added to Bing Maps
Bing Maps Blog 6/25/2012 9:00 AM
Comments (3)
Today we’re thrilled to announce the publication of our largest satellite release to date. In fact, this release is larger than all of our past Aerial releases combined!
The latest Aerial release includes new Satellite imagery as well as Global Ortho photography. Both releases total 165 terabytes of new data live on Bing Maps. Prior to this, our existing Aerial footprint was 129 terabytes total.
AERIAL: HIGH-RESOLUTION NADIR OR "STRAIGHT DOWN" ORTHOPHOTOS TAKEN BY AIRCRAFT OR SATELLITE
SATELLITE
Total coverage of new satellite imagery currently live on Bing Maps! Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage.
This release features imagery over North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia. The total area covered in this data release is nearly 38 million square kilometers.
Oropeza Mountains
Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Durrat Al Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
Tongass National Forest
Glacier Bay N.P. and Preserve, Alaska
Samples of New Satellite Imagery from Around the World!
Mountains near Aganzhen
Lanzhou, China
Burj Khalifa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz
Jurujuba, Brazil
Moroccan Mountains
Assa, Morocco
Sarychevo Peak Volcano
Sarychevo, Russia
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Taipei, Taiwan
Santiago, Chile
Mexico City, Mexico
St. Petersburg, Russia
Giza, Egypt
Jaipur, India
Namib Desert, Namibia
GLOBAL ORTHO
Shaded areas indicate 30cm Aerial imagery; yellow coverage highlights the May, 2012 release.
Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage. To view the June Global Ortho release in the World Tour App, click on the "Select Releases" tab and choose the "Aerial - GlobalOrtho Jun. 2012 release.
As of today the Global Ortho project is 85% acquired and published. Just this month, Bing Imagery Technologies hit a significant milestone by completing 100% of aerial photography over the United States. The photography in Europe is slated to be finished by this fall and all updated imagery should be published by the end of 2012.
Tiger Ridge Lake
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Fields near San Agustin
Andalusia, Spain
Parque Natural Posets-Maladeta
Aragón, Spain
Fields of Toledo
Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Extraterrestrial Highway
Nye County, Nevada
Fields near Maldà
Catalonia, Spain
The Aerial Global Ortho release of June, 2012 is a total of 160 Areas of Interest (AOI), and spans 1.03 million square kilometers. To date, Bing Maps has a total of 1,266 AOIs that stretch across 9.54 million square kilometers!
Space Park Promenade
Bremen, Germany
Parque Natural da Ria Formosa
Faro, Portugal
Schloss Moritzburg
Moritzburg, Germany
Mendenhall Glacier
Juneau, Alaska
Bing Maps Blog 6/25/2012 9:00 AM
Comments (3)
Today we’re thrilled to announce the publication of our largest satellite release to date. In fact, this release is larger than all of our past Aerial releases combined!
The latest Aerial release includes new Satellite imagery as well as Global Ortho photography. Both releases total 165 terabytes of new data live on Bing Maps. Prior to this, our existing Aerial footprint was 129 terabytes total.
AERIAL: HIGH-RESOLUTION NADIR OR "STRAIGHT DOWN" ORTHOPHOTOS TAKEN BY AIRCRAFT OR SATELLITE
SATELLITE
Total coverage of new satellite imagery currently live on Bing Maps! Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage.
This release features imagery over North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia. The total area covered in this data release is nearly 38 million square kilometers.
Oropeza Mountains
Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Durrat Al Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
Tongass National Forest
Glacier Bay N.P. and Preserve, Alaska
Samples of New Satellite Imagery from Around the World!
Mountains near Aganzhen
Lanzhou, China
Burj Khalifa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz
Jurujuba, Brazil
Moroccan Mountains
Assa, Morocco
Sarychevo Peak Volcano
Sarychevo, Russia
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Taipei, Taiwan
Santiago, Chile
Mexico City, Mexico
St. Petersburg, Russia
Giza, Egypt
Jaipur, India
Namib Desert, Namibia
GLOBAL ORTHO
Shaded areas indicate 30cm Aerial imagery; yellow coverage highlights the May, 2012 release.
Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage. To view the June Global Ortho release in the World Tour App, click on the "Select Releases" tab and choose the "Aerial - GlobalOrtho Jun. 2012 release.
As of today the Global Ortho project is 85% acquired and published. Just this month, Bing Imagery Technologies hit a significant milestone by completing 100% of aerial photography over the United States. The photography in Europe is slated to be finished by this fall and all updated imagery should be published by the end of 2012.
Tiger Ridge Lake
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Fields near San Agustin
Andalusia, Spain
Parque Natural Posets-Maladeta
Aragón, Spain
Fields of Toledo
Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Extraterrestrial Highway
Nye County, Nevada
Fields near Maldà
Catalonia, Spain
The Aerial Global Ortho release of June, 2012 is a total of 160 Areas of Interest (AOI), and spans 1.03 million square kilometers. To date, Bing Maps has a total of 1,266 AOIs that stretch across 9.54 million square kilometers!
Space Park Promenade
Bremen, Germany
Parque Natural da Ria Formosa
Faro, Portugal
Schloss Moritzburg
Moritzburg, Germany
Mendenhall Glacier
Juneau, Alaska
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