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1967
While working as a member of New Haven Census Use Study team, Don Cooke, now a Tele Atlas senior scientist, helps develop the Dual Independent Map Encoding (DIME) system.
DIME represents the first practical application of topological data structures in computer mapping. Listen to an interview with Don Cooke.
1980
Geographic Data Technology (GDT), which would be acquired by Tele Atlas in 2004, is co-founded by Don Cooke. Among a number of firsts, GDT becomes the first company to adapt GIS capabilities to critical business applications, and develops the first digital nationwide ZIP code boundary file for the United States.
1984
Tele Atlas is founded in the Netherlands.
1985
Tele Atlas builds the Navigator, the world’s first functional, in-vehicle navigation system.
1987
Tele Atlas introduces the first PC-based, nationwide address-to-coordinates geocoder.
1989
Tele Atlas patents a technology that forms the foundation of modern “map matching” – a system that improves the ability to estimate a vehicle's position and aids in navigation.
1993
Tele Atlas, along with ETAK and Robert Bosch Group, forms the European Digital Road Map Association (EDRA), a consortium designed to accelerate the completion of a uniform, high-quality digital road map of Europe and encourage the development of relevant GIS applications.
1995
Internet mapping, now used daily by governments, businesses, and individuals throughout the world, is introduced using GDT data. That same year, Tele Atlas and Robert Bosch Group’s mapping division officially merge and the Tele Atlas European navigable digital road map is released.
2000
Tele Atlas goes public on May 26. Funds raised from the IPO are used to finance the development of Tele Atlas’ North America database. During the same year, Tele Atlas acquires ETAK, the premier US publisher of digital maps and location-based technology for in-car applications.
2003
Tele Atlas launches MultiNet North America, the continent’s most powerful turn-by-turn map database ever built. MultiNet includes traffic location codes and enables real-time traffic feeds.
2004
Tele Atlas sells a record 1.5 million maps for portable navigation (PND) applications worldwide. In 2004, Tele Atlas also begins rolling out Mobile Mapping, a state-of-the-art field data capture technology that utilizes survey vehicles and vans to capture digital information about specific road details and rich images faster and more accurately than traditional methods allow.
2005
Tele Atlas introduces Address Points – which pinpoint street addresses to physical buildings, sites, and parcels – as well as 2D City Maps and 3D Landmarks, becoming the first company to offer 3D digital mapping capabilities for navigation and location-based applications.
Also in 2005, Tele Atlas acquires PPWK GeoInvent, the Warsaw-based spatial information engineering company with whom Tele Atlas co-developed Mobile Mapping. The acquisition makes Tele Atlas the sole owner of Mobile Mapping technology.
2006
Tele Atlas ships more than seven million maps, selected as the map provider for Nokia N95, Blackberry Pearl and BMW
Tele Atlas acquires Mexico data, forms Asia Pacific division and Russian office.
2007
Acquisition by TomTom announced.
Due to unprecedented growth in Asia Pacific, Tele Atlas opens APAC headquarters in Singapore.
2008-2009
Acquisition finalized.
Working with TomTom, Tele Atlas pioneers the use of community data to update its maps and deliver new products such as Speed Profiles.
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