Mapping data provider NAVTEQ today announced the availability of the first complete, navigable map of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (or just Jordan to the rest of us), on the heels of the first commercial GPS release in the country back in January.
The maps cover over 28, 000 kilometers of Jordan’s road network including speed limits, and more importantly, 13, 000 points of interest which are key to navigation in a country where infrastructure is still in its infancy.
As NAVTEQ points out in its press release:
“With mail delivered to post office boxes, street addresses rarely used and most places of interest (such as government buildings, hotels and restaurants) in Jordanian cities and towns well known, directions are usually given based on nearby landmarks. With its usual attention to local detail, NAVTEQ has therefore included a particularly wide range of POIs which can be used as destinations. The commonly used 1st to 8th Circle names for the central jabal junctions have also been retained but NAVTEQ has also added the alternative official names where they are available.”
All of the Jordan map info is available in both Arabic and English, and includes all major tourists destinations.
The addition of Jordan brings NAVTEQ’s Middle Eastern map coverage to seven countries, also including Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
