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" WindSpring technology is the pivot-point for the future of navigation. The only way that consumers will continue to be interested in new, more feature rich navigation devices, is for those devices to provide users with a relevant, constantly updated experience. Without the capabilities WindSpring enables, users may reconsider carrying paper maps."
Tom Hunt
President and CEO
WindSpring
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Company
WindSpring's advanced compression software enables two-way data and content solutions for navigation and location products and services. The company's patented data miniaturization technology eliminates the need for file decompression, drastically reduces the footprint of large map and content files, and allows total data manipulation while in the reduced state, including edits and updates.
USER-RELEVANT CONTENT
Today's navigation devices and services seek to provide dynamic directions and user-relevant content, yet are hampered by their reliance on static data. The majority of people continue to experience only the outdated maps and information that shipped with their device, since fresh data can currently only be achieved by replacing entire databases - an impractical, time-consuming process. The future of navigation requires that the roadblock of static data be removed, and that users receive relevant, up-to-date, rich information.
GROWING MARKET
WindSpring's initial market focus is on digital mapping and navigation applications for in-dash navigation, personal navigation devices (PNDs), trucking and logistics and Internet/consumer wireless. Each of these markets is experiencing rapid growth in user demand for rich, interactive mapping and navigation applications.
DELIVERING RICH, VIBRANT DATA
For example, users have come to expect vibrant 3-D maps, street-level imagery, Point of Interest (POI) data, weather reports and traffic updates as part of the services they receive, but each of these elements is meaningless without the incorporation of timely data. WindSpring's advanced compression software makes it possible to deliver this relevant data when and where users need it.
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