Millions of Road Miles Added to Enhance Navigation for Consumers and
Fleets in Cities and Rural Areas
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Navigation, Inc., a
privately held leader in vehicle navigation technology, today announced the
availability of full coverage maps across the contiguous 48 states. Horizon's
North American maps now include more than 4 million miles of streets and 1.7
million points of interest from categories like restaurants, hotels and
shopping. The enhanced map coverage, provided by database supplier NavTech,
enables Horizon to expand retail distribution of its NavMate(R) 2.1 product
line into new areas across the U.S and Canada. Horizon Navigation also makes
new map disks available for existing owners to purchase online at
http://www.horizonnav.com.
"We are excited to be able to broaden the reach of our map coverage to all
cities, towns and rural areas across the U.S.," said Horizon Navigation
President Laura White. "Horizon recognizes that the enhanced street coverage
will drive interest in navigation systems among millions of consumers." The
enhanced coverage will also benefit Horizon corporate partners, including
Cobra Electronics and Rosen Entertainment, which utilize Horizon technology
for navigation solutions in their product lines.
The Horizon NavMate 2.1 provides highly accurate vehicle positioning and
turn-by-turn voice guidance through the use of GPS and dead reckoning
technology. Horizon's patented user-interface makes NavMate 2.1 easier-to-use
than any other vehicle navigation system available today. Further enhancing
NavMate's appeal is its built-in capability to switch between 14 languages and
dialects, including English, Spanish, French and even Mandarin Chinese.
Horizon has customized both voice prompts and text instructions to make
navigating American roads easy for natives and non-natives alike.
The NavMate 2.1 is available in two configurations, portable and
installed. The installed version enables professional installers to link
NavMate to the vehicle speed signal for the highest-level of positioning
accuracy. The portable version is easily moved from vehicle-to-vehicle, and
comes with all required components in a compact, durable travel bag. With its
flexibility, ease-of-use and expanded map coverage, NavMate 2.1 is popular
with road warriors, everyday consumers and fleet operators, including numerous
companies in the transportation, utility and limousine industries.
About Horizon Navigation
Horizon Navigation is a global supplier of vehicle navigation systems and
technology. Horizon employees have been leaders in the designing of hardware
and software for in-vehicle navigation systems for over 13 years. The
privately held company owns more than 90 patents worldwide, and has several
additional patents that are pending. The team has helped develop navigation
systems for all three American automobile manufacturers, as well as the first
navigation system used in national car rental chains. While a division of
Visteon Corporation, the team was named "#1 Navigation Systems Supplier" by a
major trade publication, and its navigation system was named "Best of What's
New" by a major consumer publication. Horizon management purchased the company
from Visteon in early 2002. Horizon Navigation will feature the NavMate 2.1
at SEMA Show 2003 in Las Vegas from November 4th - 7th, 2003 (Booth no.
20813). To learn more about Horizon Navigation, please visit the Horizon
website at http://www.horizonnav.com.
SOURCE Horizon Navigation, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.horizonnav.com
CONTACT:
Mo Kapila of Horizon Navigation,
+1-949-300-1524 or, +1-408-727-3676, or mkapila@horizonnav.com
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