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Reliability and Track Record of POI Databases: Beyond the Promise by Navit
This is an interview with Navit Inc. (Mr. Fukui, Mr. Inoue, and Mr. Nakajima).
Navit was founded with the invention of a "transfer convenience map," which was commercialized with the aim of reducing the burden of travel at stations. Currently, the company mainly focuses on POI data with latitude and longitude, and monthly updates corporate telephone directory data for approximately 6.8 million locations, which are provided to a wide range of applications including maps, navigation, and search. Its station maps cover approximately 76% of the approximately 9,800 stations nationwide, and are available in up to 13 languages to meet inbound tourist demand. They spoke about ensuring the reliability of POI data, which has been a part of the company's founding, and their desire to steadily improve its freshness through the "Reverse Project," which strengthens the update chain.
Speakers:Yasuyo Fukui, CEOTakeru Inoue, Manager, Sales Section 1, BS Business DivisionYugo Nakajima, Sales Section 1, BS Business Division
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Location Weekly Japan is a podcast run by LBMA Japan (Location Business & Marketing Japan), a general incorporated association that promotes business marketing services using location data. Every week, we interview management and business personnel from member companies, introduce the latest examples of location data usage, and share notable events around the world, as well as behind-the-scenes stories that can only be heard here.
As we are an organization with many IT-related members, you will hear a lot of foreign words, but in this podcast we will introduce examples of how location data is being used in a way that is as easy to understand as possible, so please feel free to listen.
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