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Networks In Motion Develops AtlasBook PC-Based In-Car Navigation Solution ‘Proof-of-Concept’
Mobile Phone Navigation Leader Demonstrates Turn-by-Turn Navigation System Via WiMAX
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 7, 2007
Networks In Motion (NIM), the award-winning wireless navigation and location-based services (LBS) company, today announced that it is demonstrating a WiMAX connected navigation system solution for consumers. This ‘proof of concept’ is similar to installed auto navigation devices, but with the ability to access real-time location assisted search and travel information.
The AtlasBook turn-by-turn GPS navigation application, which runs on the Azentek in-dash computer running Windows Vista®; and uses WiMAX for wireless data access, may soon be available on a touch-screen PCs installed into vehicles.
A demo of AtlasBook can be seen in the Azentek booth #2125 North Hall at 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan 7th to 10th. The application is also part of a mobile vehicle demo provided by Intel Corporation on Clearwire's WiMAX demonstration network, which is built with Motorola's wi4 WiMAX end-to-end solution.
The proof-of-concept also integrates NIM’s NAVBuilder™ platform, which uses a client-server architecture to provide a fast, easy-to-use solution on mobile phones—and now PCs—with ‘off-board’ data that sends maps, local search results from servers to the device, and is therefore more current than navigation solutions with maps and points of interest (POIs) stored ‘on-board’ in today’s car navigation systems and Personal Navigation Devices (PND).
The technology also uses NIM’s AtlasBook™ product to provide maps, local search and turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance, 3D moving maps, and visual instructions. It also features navigation based on real-time and historical traffic information, automatic trip recalculation, 3D perspective view. It will also allow users to search for points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, hotels and ATMs, along their route or around a selected location and will display traffic incidents and weather conditions
"As the leader in navigation for mobile phones, this development project will demonstrate that our NAVBuilder client/server technology can be applied to in car and other mobile devices," said Doug Antone, president and CEO of Networks In Motion. "We believe GPS navigation offers unlimited technological opportunities and we’re looking forward to the results of this project and other exciting new developments to showcase our advanced local search and navigation solutions."
About Networks In Motion
Networks In Motion is an award-winning wireless navigation and local search company, with products on most major wireless carriers. Networks In Motion powers: AAA Mobile® on Alltel, Verizon Wireless and Sprint; Verizon Wireless’ VZ Navigator; YellowPages.com Mobile, which is currently deployed on AT&T; Alltel’s Axcess Mobile Guide navigator; U.S. Cellular’s Your Navigator; TELUS Navigator and TELUS Kid Find, making NIM’s NAVBuilder platform the most widely used mobile phone navigation service in North America. Founded in 2000, the company is privately held and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., with international offices in Sweden and Spain. More information is available at http://www.networksinmotion.com.
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