Offering up to 53 pedestrian-specific attributes, NAVTEQ Discover Cities has extensive data that helps navigation devices and applications provide a variety of routing options to pedestrians - whether entirely on foot or using using public transport for all or a portion of their journeys.

For instance, when a pedestrian wants the option to use public transport, NAVTEQ Discover Cities enables routes that take into consideration the location of bus stops and rail stations and their entrances/exits in relation to the pedestrian route, as well as the train/bus network information - including transfer locations.

Some of the world's best-known companies have deployed applications or devices utilising NAVTEQ Discover Cities data, including Garmin, Networks In Motion and Nokia.  This growing trend confirms NAVTEQ's own research: Consumers rank the use of a device for ‘on-foot' navigation as one of the most important reasons for considering the purchase of a mobile phone.

Commercially available devices and applications using NAVTEQ Discover Cities data include:

Available for select tourist destinations in Europe and North America, Garmin's CityXplorer^TM Maps can be downloaded to the company's nüvi line of PNDs. CityXplorer enables users to plan and use routes that include public transport options.

The on-phone navigation and local search platform, Networks In Motion (NIM) Gokivo^TM Navigator, turns BlackBerry® smartphones into mobile tools. Gokivo is already available from BlackBerry App World and incorporates NAVTEQ® maps and NAVTEQ Discover Cities content in Europe and North America.

Since its launch, NAVTEQ Discover Cities coverage has expanded in all major regions of the world. The upcoming version of Nokia's Ovi Maps includes more than 80 additional cities and up to 53 pedestria-specific map attributes, such as paved pathways; walkways through plazas, parks, bridges and tunnels; shortcuts through and buildings; 3D landmarks: building footprints; and public transport entrance points. These, combined with compass and real-time pedestrian navigation "Walk", redefine pedestrian orientation and navigation in urban environments.

NAVTEQ Discover Cities also serves as an ideal platform for additional content from NAVTEQ, such as visual content or travel/leisure guides.

"The growing number of commercially available devices and applications reinforces the trend that pedestrian navigation is becoming mainstream," said Jeff Mize, NAVTEQ's executive vice president of global sales.