Barcelona - February 18, 2010 - The mapping companies AND AutomotiveNavigationData (Netherlands); EMG (China) and Orion (Dubai) received approval fromtheirrespective boards to join forces regarding their participation andcontributionto the foundation of a Global Digital Mapping Alliance (GDMA) which willestablish its Coordination center / Head office in the Netherlands.
On the short term the first objective of GDMA is a feasibility studytowards (i)the needs from the market regarding an independent and neutral map dataprovideroffering a Fendi Replica Handbags worldwide navigable map database and (ii) the related technical/operational / financial consequences; in order to position GDMA in themarketplace.
The initiators of GDMA stress that various issues need to be addressed andanswered before GDMA will start to deliver an uniform global map data base.Atthe moment no time line about map data availability can be disclosed. Theaim ofGDMA is to synchronize and integrate individual map databases of variousmappingcompanies into ONE GLOBAL uniform Map database in such a way that theLBS/navigation market can profit from improved usability / accessibility ofmapdata and a shorter time-to-market worldwide. Mapping companies which joinedthisinitiative are at the moment: AND (map data coverage of W.Europe with over350 Mpeople) , EMG (map data coverage of whole Great China with approx 1.300 Mpeople) and Orion (map data coverage of Middle East and North Africa withca.325 M people). Subject to a positive result of this feasibility study it isexpected that more regional mapping companies will be involved to speed uptheglobal map coverage of GDMA.
Ultimately; all regional mapping companies combined in GDMA, as A NEUTRAL /INDEPENDENT map supplier, want to offer the market a global map databasethatenables the high performance of a wide scope of applications / servicessuch asNavigation, Telematics, Location-based-Services, mobile / Web - basedservices,etc. etc.
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More about the initiating mapping companies (in alphabetic order):
AND Automotive Navigation Data focuses on its' strategy as the thirdlargestsupplier in its market - but the only independent one - to create value onthelong term for its customers / stakeholder by offering the digital maps forlocation based services (LBS). The company focuses on accelerating furtherdevelopment of its advanced database to position itself even stronger inthemarket. AND was founded in 1984 and is listed on NYSE Euronext AmsterdamAND. ( )
pandora style beadsEMG is a privately owned company, founded in 1997 and one of the earliestmapping companies in China producing first class navigable map data basedon itsthe National A-Class qualification certificate from Chinese Authorities.(StateBureau of Surveying and Mapping). Over the years EMG became leading inoffering map data which covers whole Great China; is more detailed; better and morefrequent updated . Therefore EMG quality is ranked in the top byAuthoritativeIndustry Association. The production process are reliable and of highperformance. All this made EMG a trustworthy map supplier in the Automotivemarkets. In addition EMG has completed data - software integration with themajor domestic and international application software providers fornavigation,LBS, GIS, etc. This makes EMG as the fastest growing mapping company in theburgeoning China's Navigation and LBS markets. ( )
Orion is the leading mapping company in Middle east and North Africa. Withadetailed map data coverage and presence in 14 countries it is able to serveamain par
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