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Fuzzy Logic Navteq offers US $5.25m in prizes for 2009 Global LBS challenge!
Fuzzy Logic Navteq offers US $5.25m in prizes for 2009 Global LBS challenge! | Navteq offers US $5.25m in prizes for 2009 Global LBS challenge! |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Thursday, 11 September 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Well, Sony Ericsson is classed as a “Global Device Sponsor”, and it will “provide qualifying contestants with both devices and software tools to enable the development of applications based on either Sony Ericsson Java SDK or the new and innovative Project Capuchin technology - a Java API which defines a bridge between Flash and Java.” Featured Whitepaper
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Christopher David, the Head of Java Strategy Planning at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, said: “At Sony Ericsson we are always expanding our developer relationship and looking for new applications and interesting partners to enrich our user experience. “Our co-sponsorship with NAVTEQ for the Global LBS Challenge 2009 allows us to put our new Capuchin technology into the hands of developers with the intention of creating and exploring rich, innovative LBS applications.” Marc Naddell, Vice President, Partner and Developer Programs at Navteq also had nice words to say, stating: “We look forward to working with Sony Ericsson, and the members of its developer community, to accelerate the availability of LBS solutions designed for the company’s devices. “Our professional grade LBS Development Resources - such as free technical support, map samples, access to tools and technical documentation - will combine with the excellent developer resources from Sony Ericsson to enable very compelling solutions for consumers and excellent business opportunities for operators.” So, what about deCarta, and who are they, anyway? deCarta says it is “the leading geospatial software platform that has enabled some of the industry’s most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Verizon, Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile, Multimap and Hotels.com”, and is “ideal for high-volume LBS applications in the mobile, personal navigation, connected navigation, enterprise and Internet markets where scalability, speed and reliability are vital.” Navteq says deCarta is providing all Global LBS Challenge participants with access to their “Drill Down Server geospatial software platform” and web services that gives LBS developers the ability to quickly build applications that integrate a wide variety of map and data sources to provide complex mapping, routing and spatial search functions. Additionally, deCarta will make available the beta release of their recently announced deCarta Mobile platform. This is a client/server architecture with an easy-to-use J2ME client application programming interface (API) that provides a framework for rapid development of mobile mapping applications. It provides “mobile application developers with the ability to easily implement smooth-panning maps, panning, zooming, routing, geocoding, reverse geocoding and pin overlays into their applications” and has a comprehensive API that supports the functionality needed for most location-enabled applications used for mobile search, routing and mobile tracking. The API is available for J2ME environments with an iPhone implementation to follow shortly. Continued on page 3. |
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