Three regional mapping companies initiate GDMA, a worldwide mapping alliance
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Barcelona - February 18, 2010 - The mapping companies AND Automotive Navigation
Data (Netherlands); EMG (China) and Orion (Dubai) received approval from their
respective boards to join forces regarding their participation and contribution
to the foundation of a Global Digital Mapping Alliance (GDMA) which will
establish its Coordination center / Head office in the Netherlands.
On the short term the first objective of GDMA is a feasibility study towards (i)
the needs from the market regarding an independent and neutral map data provider
offering a worldwide navigable map database and (ii) the related technical /
operational / financial consequences; in order to position GDMA in the
marketplace.
The initiators of GDMA stress that various issues need to be addressed and
answered before GDMA will start to deliver an uniform global map data base. At
the moment no time line about map data availability can be disclosed. The aim of
GDMA is to synchronize and integrate individual map databases of various mapping
companies into ONE GLOBAL uniform Map database in such a way that the
LBS/navigation market can profit from improved usability / accessibility of map
data and a shorter time-to-market worldwide. Mapping companies which joined this
initiative are at the moment: AND (map data coverage of W.Europe with over 350 M
people) , EMG (map data coverage of whole Great China with approx 1.300 M
people) and Orion (map data coverage of Middle East and North Africa with ca.
325 M people). Subject to a positive result of this feasibility study it is
expected that more regional mapping companies will be involved to speed up the
global map coverage of GDMA.
Ultimately; all regional mapping companies combined in GDMA, as A NEUTRAL /
INDEPENDENT map supplier, want to offer the market a global map database that
enables the high performance of a wide scope of applications / services such as
Navigation, Telematics, Location-based-Services, mobile / Web - based services,
etc. etc.
For further information / communication please have a look at the website
www.gdma.biz
More about the initiating mapping companies ( in alphabetic order ):
AND Automotive Navigation Data focuses on its' strategy as the third largest
supplier in its market - but the only independent one - to create value on the
long term for its customers / stakeholder by offering the digital maps for
location based services (LBS). The company focuses on accelerating further
development of its advanced database to position itself even stronger in the
market. AND was founded in 1984 and is listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam AND. (
http://www.and.com
EMG is a privately owned company , founded in 1997 and one of the earliest
mapping companies in China producing first class navigable map data based on its
the National A-Class qualification certificate from Chinese Authorities. ( State
Bureau of Surveying and Mapping ). Over the years EMG became leading in offering
map data which covers whole Great China; is more detailed; better and more
frequent updated . Therefore EMG quality is ranked in the top by Authoritative
Industry Association. The production process are reliable and of high
performance. All this made EMG a trustworthy map supplier in the Automotive
markets. In addition EMG has completed data - software integration with the
major domestic and international application software providers for navigation,
LBS, GIS, etc. This makes EMG as the fastest growing mapping company in the
burgeoning China's Navigation and LBS markets. ( http://www.emapgo.com.cn
Orion is the leading mapping company in Middle east and North Africa. With a
detailed map data coverage and presence in 14 countries it is able to serve a
main part of the Arabic speaking population of this world. During its 6 years of
existence it has developed professional experience in mapping to enable the wide
scope of navigation-, GIS - Web - and LBS applications / services. This next to
a good knowledge of local markets / cultures along with a solid network of
contacts to supports the performance of its customers applications / services. (
http://www.orion-me.com
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