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First launched in 2003, the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is focused on driving the development and visibility of innovative location-based solutions (LBS) for wireless devices. The Global LBS Challenge has become the premier event in the wireless industry and a global symbol of LBS innovation and opportunity. From business applications to sports, travel and security, integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data facilitates the discovery of the next wave of LBS using dynamic positioning technology.

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NAVTEQ Web Services

Web services make it possible to build distributed systems with components that are spread across the Internet while using standard protocols such as HTTP and SOAP.

NAVTEQ Web Services support the development of a wide range of different use cases, such as fleet tracking, travel planning, tour optimization, store locators, location based advertising, and many more.

The following services and functionality is provided:

NAVTEQ Web Services	Functionality
MapTP Geocoder 5.1 Service	Matches addresses to the correct location (latitude and longitude) on the map.
MapTP ReverseGeocoder Service	From the input of a single coordinate such as a user’s mouse click or GPS derived coordinates it searches the surrounding map objects and provides textual description of the position.
MapTP ProximitySearch Service	Allows the spatial search of POIs around a location or within a given corridor.
MapTP MapletRemoteControl Service	Supports "remote controlling" mapping clients, custom data integration and mashups.
MapTP Map Service	Supports uploading large amounts of custom map data to the server.
MapTP Routing Service	Calculates a route between two locations and, optionally, via additional stops (via points). NEW! Truck Routing: Using NAVTEQ Transport data combined with individual Truck profiles.
MapTP MatrixRouting Service	Special routing service that accepts input of any number of locations and calculates routes from one of these locations to all others.
MapTP MGI Service	Renders raster maps (bitmaps) from vector data on the fly, and enables the use of satellite and aerial imagery in combination with the NAVTEQ vector based street network.
MapTP TrafficInfo Service	Retrieve traffic information.
MapTP GeoRSS Service	Provides a basic implementation of the GeoRSS Simple standard.