World News: Tele Atlas launches digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Tele Atlas has expanded its digital map coverage to 64 countries across six continents, with the addition of digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
The total amount of road coverage in the company's database now stands at 21.3 million kilometres (13.2 million miles).
The announcement follows Tele Atlas' recent move to deliver digital maps covering Central and Eastern Europe and South Africa, and is in response to increased demand from global customers for highly detailed and accurate maps of all major countries around the world.
“Our growing base of customers and partners, among them Nokia, TomTom and Mio, want to deliver a comprehensive set of services to their wireless and navigation system users, wherever they are,” said Tele Atlas vice president of product marketing, Basak Ozer.
Tele Atlas now delivers what the company believes to be the most digital maps with the highest level of detail required to build and deliver fully functional, high performance navigation and local search solutions.
