Technology Background

This is the place where NAVTEQ wants to give the interested developer background information about the unique technology that is the foundation for the display of accurate and up-to-date digital map data and for the development of interactive mapping applications on many different platforms in many kinds of environments.

Today, MapTP product suite is used in various vertical markets, such as fleet tracking, asset management, telematics, logistics, geomarketing, CRM software, and Web portals. MapTP's unique technology uses map data in a vector format to achieve truly interactive and scalable mapping applications.

We start with the technology whitepaper Building Scalable and Interactive Mapping Applications with NAVTEQ MapTP Product Line. This is a technical product description where you can learn about:

• The MapTP platform offering and application environments
• A distributed services architecture that provides a gateway for mapping applications to spatial algorithms and to other functionality and data provided by existing infrastructures
• The integration of custom data and maps
• Equivalent Java and C++ application programming interfaces (APIs) for the development of Internet applications and mapping applications for mobile devices
• Web services based on XML/SOAP for language and platform independent application interoperability
• A component interface that lets you develop Visual Basic, Delphi, C++, or .NET mapping applications with minimum effort and within the software development environments you are accustomed to
• Persistent maps for taking mapping applications offline

Start reading about MapTP online.

Download the document in PDF format.