NAVTEQ
		ABOUT NAVTEQ NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, location-based services, and government and business solutions. The company has built one of the most robust and accurate geographic databases in the world. Virtually every major automobile manufacturer currently offering a navigation system in Europe and North America uses NAVTEQ maps in one or more of their models. NAVTEQ maps power every major internet mapping portal in Europe and North America. In 2005, our database powered more map-enabled devices than any other solution in Europe and North America. On average, we estimate 60 million NAVTEQ maps were used everyday in 2005. NAVTEQ leadership has been achieved through the integrity of the build processes that deliver a map database of unique quality to one worldwide specification.
		NAVTEQ Map Database NAVTEQ maps span over 57 countries and territories on five continents. Concentrated heavily in Europe and North America, the NAVTEQ map database continues its expansion into numerous markets around the world. Whether in Europe, North America or an ever-growing list of World Markets, NAVTEQ delivers data to the same database specification utilizing the same technology at a consistently high level of quality and support. Enabling delivery of door-to-door directions throughout Europe and North America, NAVTEQ data is a widely recognized and trusted name in the digital mapping industry. From turn restrictions to relative road crossing heights, every road segment captured in the NAVTEQ database has up to 160 data attributes, such as access restrictions, one-way streets and speed categories that help optimize navigation. Additionally, the NAVTEQ database includes Points of Interest (POIs) in approximately 50 categories globally including restaurants, gas stations, hotels and banks, making it easier to locate and route to different destinations.
		NAVTEQ Map Quality NAVTEQ has over 550 field researchers strategically located around the world. NAVTEQ field analysts actually drive the roads, verifying and updating information in the NAVTEQ database. This in-depth "human factor" delivers data consistent with real world conditions and results in a multi faceted and comprehensive product. To date, there are approximately eleven million miles of roadway represented in the NAVTEQ database.