Pocket GPS World - SatNavs | GPS | Speed Cameras - TeleAtlas Announces Maps Targetted At Pedestrians

Tele Atlas announced this week that it will be demonstrating a new mapset at Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain 11 - 14th Feb). Based on its core map data the new map will be aimed specifically at pedestrians and will allow a user to navigate using pedestrian friendly routes.

With the advent of truly portable handheld location aware devices including smartphones, PDA's and portable navigation devices this is a welcome addition to the product portfolios and could prove a boon for tourists or other users in unfamiliar cities. The only negative is of course the ever present risk of crime which makes the overt use of such a device unwise in many places.

"Incorporating pedestrian-specific attributes into the Tele Atlas map database will help our partners create solutions provide an enhanced experience of walking down the street. Such products will help users better orient themselves in unfamiliar surroundings, walk via pedestrian-friendly routes, select shortest routes, or with some devices and solutions - even enable them to travel with full door-to-door information for journeys that require both a vehicle and walking.”

Tele Atlas have already compiled map data with pedestrian-specific attributes in 18 countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) with additional coverage, including cities in the Asia Pacific region expected to be added later in the year. The new pedestrian friendly data is scheduled to be available in the October 2008 release of the Tele Atlas MultiNet database.

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