Navteq Wikipedia. Navteq. The map the world turns to for direction. Public. Industry. GPS data and services, Navigation software. Fate. Merged into parent Nokia to become Nokia Here. Founded. 19. 85 Karlin Collins, Inc. Navigation Technologies Corporation. NAVTEQDefunct. 20. Replaced by Nokia Here. Headquarters. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Key people. Michael Halbherr, EVPRevenue. US8. 53 Million at 2. Navteq Maps Download For Gps' title='Navteq Maps Download For Gps' />DOWNLOAD FREE Maps for Medion GoPal 5 Navteq Q2 2011 FULL. Contain A Pet Manual. IGO HERE 2016. Q4 Europe Maps Please Register or Login to download file Content Code 3dc, 3dl, fbl, fda, fds, fjv, fjw, fpa, fsp, ftr, ph,poi, extpoi, truckpoi, spc. US2. 26 Million at 2. US1. 73 Million at 2. Total assets. US1. Billion at 2. 00. Total equity. US1. Billion at 2. 00. Number of employees. Parent. Here. Websitewww. Coordinates 4. 15. Official Dodge Owners website. NAVTEQ maps drive the GPS DVDbased navigation systems available for Dodge vehicles. Learn more. N8. 73. W 4. N 8. 7. 6. 39. Navteq Maps Download For Gps' title='Navteq Maps Download For Gps' />W 4. Navteq styled as NAVTEQ was an American Chicago based provider of geographic information system GIS data and a major provider of base electronic navigable maps. The company was acquired by Nokia in 2. Nokia in 2. 01. 1 to form part of the Here business unit. OvervieweditNavteqs underlying map database is based on first hand observation of geographic features rather than relying on official government maps. It provides data used in a wide range of applications, including automotive navigation systems for many car makers, accounting for around 8. Most clients use Navteq to provide traffic reports in major metropolitan areas throughout North America. Navteq partners with third party agencies and companies to provide its services for portable GPS devices made by Garmin, Lowrance, NDrive and web based applications such as Yahoo Maps, Bing Maps, and Nokia Maps. Microsofts aviation game Flight Simulator X uses Navteq data to achieve a high level of visual realism for automatic terrain generation. XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio use Navteq data to show traffic information on navigation systems. Navteq data has also been used for GPS and GSM based sex offender tracking systems in North Carolina and Georgia. Navteq also provides graphics systems, information services, and personnel for TV and radio broadcasting via Navteq Media Services. Its main competitors are Google and the Dutch company Tele. Atlas now owned by Tom. Tom. Map error handlingeditMap errors are handled using Navteq Map Reporter, which is described as a community based online tool for suggesting changes to the Navteq map. The Navteq Map Reporters API makes it possible for manufacturers of devices using Navteq maps to build in error reporting features into their products. Map errors are reported by users of products lacking such error reporting feature, which are most, via the Navteq Map Reporter page. HistoryeditKarlin Collins, Inc. The company was founded in 1. Barry Karlin and Galen Collins. Karlin, originally from South Africa, told interviewers that he started the company after being frustrated with a paper map of the San Francisco, California area. He thought Wouldnt it be nice if I had someone sitting next to me in the car who knew the way8 Collins created a pilot navigation system in the San Francisco area. However, basic testing showed the system could generate impossible directions. They realized that the system not only had to have accurate maps, but also detailed data on turn restrictions, one way streets and other local issues. They were turned down by most venture capital firms in their attempts to finance the database but the president of Budget Rent A Car suggested they ask T. Russell Shields, a Chicago entrepreneur and founder of Shields Enterprises International, which specialized in building order fulfillment databases. Shields provided US5. In 1. 98. 5, Karlin  Collins, Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California, began comprehensive mapping of the San Francisco Bay Area getting another US2. Prudential Bache. Karlin and Collins made use of the newly created U. S.  Census electronic map TIGER files which was matched with aerial photographs. They hired people to drive every road carrying a Dictaphone describing the position. In lieu of using a GPS, they kept track of the location of the vehicle using a dead reckoning system that relied on a gyro compass. In 1. Driver. Guide, which was a countertop kiosk installed at car rental agencies and hotel lobbies and printed door to door driving directions. They later produced a coin operated kiosk charging 5. A total of 8. 0 machines worth US1. San Francisco Bay Area and were a success. Shields invested another 3 million on condition he be named chief operating officer. The company was renamed Navigation Technologies Corporation. A competitive environment was quickly arising with Etak being the most notable. Etaks offering was an in car system that showed your location on the map but did not offer directions. Navigation Technologies Corporation Nav. TecheditIn the 1. Philips Electronics acquired the company in the early 1. US6. 00 million in building the database for a car based mapping device. Both Karlin and Collins left after the takeover but Shields remained, rising to chief executive officer in 1. Philips on several occasions tried to take the company public but backed off each time until finally going public in February 2. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE under the ticker symbol NVT. The company render their name as NAVTEQ, in all capitals. Navteq is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with more than 5,5. Veldhoven, Netherlands and Singapore. It also owns and operates major production centers in Fargo, North Dakota Leon, Mexico Veldhoven, Netherlands and Mumbai, India. In early 2. Navteq acquired The Map Network, the largest supplier of mapping to U. S. tourism and convention agencies. Later that year, Navteq moved their headquarters from Chicagos Merchandise Mart complex to the Boeing Building in Chicago. In September 2. 00. Navteq acquired Acuity Mobile, a mobile marketing technology company. Nokia subsidiaryeditOn 1 October, 2. Nokia would acquire Navteq in a deal valued at an estimated US8. Navteq shareholders approved the deal in December 2. The European Commission in July 2. Navteqs principal rival Tele Atlas was acquired by Tom. Tom in 2. 00. 8. Trapster acquisitioneditIn December 2. Navteq purchased Trapster, a small company based in California that provided free information on speed traps, red light cameras, and road hazard alerts using community generated content. Trapster had been a finalist in Navteqs 2. Global LBS Challenge. A Navteq spokesperson said that Navteq believes that community generated data has a critical part to play in location content. Nokia Location Commerce integrationeditIn 2. Nokia announced Navteq would be fully merged into Nokia, its CEO Larry Kaplan assisting through year end and leaving the company. The newly formed entity, branded Nokia Location Commerce, would be headed by Michael Halbherr, and be formed of Nokia and former Navteq employees. Nokia also announced the closing of two Navteq offices in Malvern, PA former Traffic. Bonn, Germany,1. In 2. HERE was introduced for Nokia Location Commerce. Here has its own website www. On 3 August 2. 01. Nokia announced an agreement to sell HERE to a consortium of three German automotive companies, Audi AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG, at an enterprise value of 2. The consortium will jointly own Here, which will continue to operate as a separate business and serve other customers besides its owners. See alsoeditReferencesedit abcdeGoogle finance profile. Archived from the original on 2.