![]() ![]() The company was founded in 1985 by Barry Karlin and Galen Collins. The Navteq Map Reporter's API makes it possible for manufacturers of devices using Navteq maps to build in error reporting features into their products. Map errors are handled using Navteq Map Reporter, which is described as a "community-based online tool for suggesting changes to the Navteq map". Its main competitor was the Dutch company TeleAtlas now owned by TomTom. Navteq also provides graphics systems, information services, and personnel for TV and radio broadcasting via Navteq Media Services. Navteq data has also been used for GPS- and GSM-based sex offender tracking systems in North Carolina and Georgia. XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio use Navteq data to show traffic information on navigation systems. Microsoft's aviation game Flight Simulator X uses Navteq data to achieve a high level of visual realism for automatic terrain generation. 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. Most clients use Navteq to provide traffic reports in major metropolitan areas throughout North America. It provides data used in a wide range of applications, including automotive navigation systems for many car makers, accounting for around 85% of market share. Navteq's underlying map database is based on first-hand observation of geographic features rather than relying on official government maps. A Navteq car surveying on Powell Street, San Francisco ![]()
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