Latin America Digital Maps released

Tele Atlas, a provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, announced the availability of new digital maps and related content covering Chile and Uruguay and updated maps of Argentina and Brazil.

The announcement strengthens Tele Atlas' regional lead by building on the company’s Latin American database, which now includes coverage of five countries, more than 1.7 million kilometers and more than 750,000 points of interest (POIs). Tele Atlas customers such as Digibase, Google and TomTom have already launched solutions using Tele Atlas Latin American maps.

The new Latin America digital maps are immediately available with additional content such as points of interest (POIs) to all Tele Atlas personal navigation, wireless, Internet, automotive and enterprise customers worldwide.

Tele Atlas' map of Chile encompasses 155,000 kilometers of roadways, covering approximately 95 percent of the population and more than 110 cities with complete street network coverage, including Antofagasta, Puente Alto, Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, as well as 77,000 POIs.