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Car navigation systems – ISO Standard

Driving in a car through the city at night

As the car navigation industry has grown, so has incompatibility between navigation systems and the databases that store important location information. There is a need to more easily develop navigation system applications. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is contributing solutions to those issues with Intelligent transport systems – Navigation systems – Application programming interface (API) ISO 17267:2009.

Car navigation systems use map databases to give precise driving directions, or to determine the vehicle's location and provide information about nearby points of interest, such as restaurants and hotels. Some newer systems can also receive and display information on traffic congestion and suggest alternate routes.

ISO 17267:2009 will assist developers of navigation systems and help facilitate the interoperability between navigation systems and map databases by providing an interface that will make information accessible and retrievable.

→ Buy ISO 17267:2009 Intelligent transport systems – Navigation systems – Application programming interface