[January 07, 2009]

NAVIGON Announces Rand McNally Travel Guides for its GPS Navigators

LAS VEGAS and CHICAGO, Jan 07, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
NAVIGON, the leading
innovator in the navigation market, today announced a partnership with Rand
McNally, the premier resource for travel planning, to supply Scenic Routes and
City Guides for NAVIGON's line of personal navigation devices (PNDs). Adding
to its array of unique features, NAVIGON is the first company in the GPS
industry to partner with Rand McNally to provide this valuable information to
consumers.
Rand McNally's Scenic Routes and City Guides provide comprehensive travel
information to aide NAVIGON device owners during the trip planning process and
while they are on the road. Scenic Routes provides more than 250 scenic routes
and pre-planned trips with coverage in all 50 states and Canada for travelers
searching for routes featuring the most beautiful vistas and landscapes. Rand
McNally City Guides provide information on the best attractions and landmarks
for more than 1400 US and Canadian cities. NAVIGON owners using the City
Guides feature will have access to overviews of cultural attractions, family
friendly activities and historic landmarks.
"NAVIGON continues to expand and deepen its content pool with some of the
most recognizable and relevant players in the market," said Michael Roach,
NAVIGON's president for the Americas. "As the most respected company in the
mapping, routing and geographic reference industry, Rand McNally is a perfect
partner to continue our tradition of bringing innovation to the GPS market and
delivering features that are relevant to the navigation experience."
As a leading innovator in the navigation industry, and the company that
brought Reality View(TM), Free Real-Time Traffic Updates for Life and Panorama
View 3D to the GPS market, NAVIGON is again raising the bar by being the first
manufacturer to provide Rand McNally scenic routes and city guides to meet the
navigation needs of GPS users.
"Rand McNally has long been counted on to deliver outstanding and relevant
travel content. We are passionate about enabling consumers to discover, map
and navigate their world. We appreciate working with industry innovators like
NAVIGON who can bring relevant content to the consumer where and when they
need it," said Donna Koppensteiner, vice president for Rand McNally.
The Rand McNally Scenic Routes and Rand McNally City Guides will be
available in select NAVIGON devices and online at navigon.com in spring 2009
and retail for $19.99 each. The Rand McNally content can be activated through
NAVIGON's free downloadable online software NAVIGON Fresh. NAVIGON Fresh
allows users to manage, update and customize their navigation experience, it
automatically synchronizes Personal Computers with NAVIGON GPS devices via a
USB connection. New downloadable content on NAVIGON Fresh in spring 2009 will
also include Red Light Cameras, a European Map, a North American Expansion
Pack, 3-D Landmarks and Extended POI's.

Rand McNally Scenic Routes include:
* Best of the Road(R). Rand McNally's famous series of scenic driving
trips information on dining, attractions and lodging.

* Weekend Getaways. Trips developed for quick getaways to all areas of
the country.
* Scenic Tours. Driving tours, highlighting visually appealing roads and
attractions in the US and Canada.
* Regional Trips. In-depth tours of culturally distinct, geographically
compact areas.
* Customizable Trips. Create the trips you want by deleting parts of the
trip that don't fit your interests.

Rand McNally City Guides include:
* Detailed City Guides. Overviews of the most visited attractions,
museums and landmarks, plus nightlife spots.
* National Coverage. More than 1400 cities with coverage in all 50 US
states and Canada.
* Point of Interest (POI) Search. Sort through the most important
locations in a city using NAVIGON's easy search menus.
* One Touch Routing. Immediately plot the route to any Rand McNally
point of interest.

About NAVIGON
NAVIGON is the leading innovator in the navigation market providing
navigation products and software solutions. NAVIGON makes its own award-
winning navigation brand consumer products and creates software solutions for
OEM customers operating in personal navigation, wireless, and automotive
sectors. Founded in 1991, NAVIGON is present in Europe, North America and
Asia. For more information, visit http://www.navigon.com.
About Rand McNally
From America's number-one-selling Road Atlas, The Thomas Guide(R),
FabMAP(R) and Goode's World Atlas to StreetFinder(R) Wireless and
IntelliRoute(R) trucking database, Rand McNally has been an industry leader in
the mapping, routing, geographic reference and trip-planning tool marketplace
for more than 150 years. For more information, please visit
http://www.RandMcNally.com, call 800-333-0136.
SOURCE NAVIGON
http://www.navigon.com

[ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]

Discussions: