Navteq

Navteq Corporation
Company typePublic
NYSE: NVT (2004–2008)
IndustryGPS data and services, navigation software
Founded1985 (Karlin & Collins, Inc.)
1987 (Navigation Technologies Corporation)
2004 (NAVTEQ)
Founders
  • Barry Karlin
  • Galen Collins
Defunct2011 (2011) (replaced by Nokia Here)
FateMerged into parent Nokia to become Nokia Here
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, United States
Key people
Michael Halbherr, EVP
Number of employees
5,500 (2012)[1]
ParentHere
Websitenavteq.com (archived)

Navteq Corporation (styled as 'NAVTEQ') was an American Chicago-based provider of geographic information system (GIS) data and a major provider of base electronic navigable maps. The company was acquired by Nokia in 2007–2008, and fully merged into Nokia in 2011 to form part of the Here business unit. The unit was subsequently sold to a consortium of German auto makers in 2016.

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