[gps-talkusers] Re: curious about the POI data supplier

It's feast or famine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:40 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] curious about the POI data supplier


> The core business for Tele Atlas is street maps. Other companies 
> collect and maintain the Points of Interest database.
> 
> We used to license POI data from one of these companies but have 
> recently signed a new license with Tele Atlas for POI data as well as 
> map data. They still don't maintain the POI data but because they are 
> such a large company, we were able to work out a better POI licensing 
> deal through them than we previously had.
> 
> This gives us access to 12 million points of interest in over 100 
> categories. These points are more up to date and will be updated on a 
> more regular basis. Now, the challenge for us is just how to deal 
> with 12 times as many POIs on the BrailleNote compared to what you 
> currently have.
> 
> One day we are vying for better POI data and the next we are looking 
> at this mountain of data and asking how we climb it.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> At 08:39 PM 6/25/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi folks!
> >Does tele atlis only concern themselves with the street maps? Does 
> >Sendero go to other companies for the poi database or is this all 
> >one big package.
> >
> >Mary Ellen Earls
> >Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
> >
> 
> 
> 
>

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