“If you see me walking down the street….”

“If you see me walking down the street” I could be using the latest digital map for pedestrians. Map supplier Tele Atlas is now aiming for the growing market in digital map data for navigating on foot and will debut its first demo of maps at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona this week.

Incorporating pedestrian-specific attributes into the Tele Atlas map database will help create solutions that achieve the optimal walking route whilst also enhancing the experience of exploring new locations and areas. This solution will benefit both the busy executive seeking a more efficient way to get from the parking lot to a meeting location and the holiday traveller in a foreign city who needs to navigate their way around.

Tele Atlas maps featuring pedestrian-specific attributes will be available for 18 counties with Europe. Pedestrian attributes for 117 cities across Europe have already been entered into the database, which means that, with an average of 80km of paths and roadways in each city centre, this will be a great help in getting pedestrians to their destination via the shortest accessible route possible. Additional coverage, including cities in the Asia Pacific region are expected to be added later in the year.

So when you’re walking keep your head held high in anticipation for the release in October 2008.