European Navigation Event Blog

The recent influx of augmented reality applications hitting the Android Market has developers scrambling to promote and differentiate their app from competing works.

KPN and Garmin, the world’s biggest producer of navigation systems, have signed a multi-year agreement that makes mobile data communication between different devices and machines possible. KPN will provide special SIM cards that will be used in Garmin’s new portable navigation system, the nüvi 1690. Users of this system get direct links to current online information such as the weather, traffic and petrol prices.

Phasefour will show several LBS app’s

Since the first edition in 2005 took off, Garmin has been a partner.

TomTom is partner of European Navigation Event. Since the first edition in 2005 took off, TomTom has been a partner.

Medion is gold partner of European Navigation Event. Since the third edition in 2007 took off, Medion has been a partner.

Augmented reality is one of the big buzzwords of the moment – using a camera-equipped mobile handset to overlay information on the real world, such as location sensitive data or directions.

Robert Butz, Chief Technology Officer of NAVIGON AG, will speak about navigation on mobile phones and PND’s.

Philip Van der Putten, Co-owner, RouteYou will speak about outdoor routes for motorbikers, hikers, cyclists and tourists.

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