AGS Launches RealityMobile 3D Visualisation for Personal Navigation Devices and Mobile Applications

AGS's RealityMobile API, Texas Instruments' OMAP3430 processor and Tele Atlas® 3D city data provide advanced 3D visualisation capability for navigation software and hardware manufactures.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) April 1, 2008 -- Advanced Geospatial Solutions (AGS), the leading 3D visualisation solution provider, today announces the launch of its advanced 3D visualisation software API, RealityMobile, at the CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas. This API, coupled with Texas Instruments' high-performance, low-power consumption OMAP™ 3 applications processors and Tele Atlas® 3D city data, will allow software and hardware manufacturers to embed 3D visualisation into their navigation and mobile products, creating a more compelling navigation user experience.

The advanced visualisation capability of RealityMobile allows highly-detailed 3D mapping, display of city landmarks and buildings, roads, points of interest (POI's), navigation routing information and full terrain with overlaid imagery (aerial or satellite). The display can be fully customised by the manufacturer (via the API) and is scalable, with display range capability from 1km, to more than 50km. RealityMobile uses the high-performance OpenGL® ES capability of TI's OMAP3430 processor 3D hardware graphics accelerator to enhance the visual experience, while maintaining longer battery life.

"The demand for personal navigation devices to provide more compelling 3D display capabilities to the consumer is growing exponentially worldwide," said Gary Pallett, General Manager of AGS. "By leveraging the performance of TI's OMAP3430 processor, we can deliver enhanced, life-like 3D graphics, which not only provide a more visually appealing product, but offer great benefits for ease of navigation, particularly in dense city areas, in a wide range of mobile devices."

"3D mapping technology is revolutionizing the personal navigation experience by way of enhanced, life-like graphics," said Markus Tremmel, worldwide wireless ecosystem manager, TI. "Location based applications leveraging TI's high-performance, power-efficient OMAP3430 processor and NaviLink™ 5.0 single-chip GPS solution allows our partners to add value to their products with affordable embedded personal navigation systems in mobile devices for on-the-go consumers."

RealityMobile is provided as an API (with full SDK and sample applications) and is currently available for Windows Mobile and Linux platforms, with Symbian and Java platform support expected to be available in Q2 2008. It can integrate with existing and new 3D/2D mapping datasets from leading map data suppliers.
AGS is a member of TI's OMAP Developer Network, a group of leading software developers porting advanced applications to TI's high performance, power-efficient OMAP processors. Handset manufacturers adopting OMAP devices enjoy the rapid deployment of compelling wireless applications -- including streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, gaming, security, speech recognition, location based services and mobile commerce -- across all leading operating systems. Systems level integration services are also provided worldwide by independent OMAP Technology Centers. The OMAP platform has been selected by leading manufacturers, such as Nokia, Palm, NEC, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Sendo, HTC and many more, for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices. For more information, please visit http://www.ti.com/omap.

About Advanced Geospatial Solutions
Advanced Geospatial Solutions (AGS) is an innovative software development company that specialises in the development of 3D visualisation products. Established in 2000, AGS developed a range of leading edge 3D battlespace visualisation products, widely used in the defence industry, before developing RealityMobile specifically for personal navigation devices and mobile applications across a range of platforms. For more information, visit http://www.advancedgeospatial.com.

About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power some of the world's most essential navigation and location-based services (LBS). The information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car navigation systems and mobile and Internet map applications that help users find the people, places, products, and services they need, wherever they are. The company also works with business partners who trust its digital map data to deliver critical applications for emergency, business, fleet, and infrastructure services. Through a combination of its own products and partnerships, Tele Atlas offers digital map coverage of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company was founded in 1984 and today has approximately 2,500 full-time staff and contract cartographers at offices in 24 countries and uses a sophisticated network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans, and more than 50,000 data resources to deliver highly accurate and up-to-date digital maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information, visit http://www.teleatlas.com.

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