GeoSmart

GeoSmart

Infobox Company
name = GeoSmart (NZ) Ltd

type = Private
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foundation = New Zealand (1977)
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location_city = Auckland
location_country = New Zealand
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area_served = Oceania
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industry = Location-based services, Geographic information system, GPS
products = SmartMap, SmartFind, Invite2GO
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GeoSmart (NZ) Ltd is a provider of location based services and digital mapping data and images for the Oceania area, notably New Zealand. [cite web|url=http://www.mapscape.eu/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=9&Itemid=8|title=Content Suppliers|publisher=Mapscape BV|accessdate=2008-08-12] The company is one of only a handful of global companies producing digital maps for use in GPS applications.

Companies such as TomTom and Navman use mapping data from GeoSmart on their popular handheld GPS devices, [cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10470546|title=Dutch GPS maker out to navigate NZ market|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|author=Peter Griffin|date=2007-10-18|accessdate=2008-08-12] [cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10344997|title=Our turn for new Navman|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|author=Peter Griffin|date=2007-10-18|accessdate=2005-09-11] as do motor manufacturers such as BMW. [cite news|title=BMW points NZ in the right direction|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=3576579|date=2004-07-06|accessdate=2008-08-12|author=Paul Brislen] The company also provides mapping data via web services, with applications such as a website that allows users to send custom invitations that include mapping directions for guests, [cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10415265|title=Geosmart gets ready to party|date=2006-12-14|accessdate=2008-08-12|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|author=Peter Griffin] as well as providing the mapping interface on New Zealand Automobile Association website. [cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10355323|title=Online service allows travellers to customise maps |date=2005-11-15|accessdate=2008-08-12|publisher=The New Zealand Herald]

ee also

*Geographic Data Files
*Navteq
*Tele Atlas

References

External links

* [http://www.geosmart.co.nz/ GeoSmart]


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