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MapPoint Web Service 4.1 Released

From Telematics Update - "Microsoft has announced the launch of Microsoft® MapPoint® Web Service 4.1 with expanded map coverage, worldwide city-to-city routing and improved frequency of ZIP code updates. (2/7/2006)

With new data sources for Central and Eastern Europe provided by AND Automotive Navigation Data, MapPoint Web Service 4.1 will enable partners and customers to build applications that will determine the location of places worldwide and routes between them, including routing across waterways, continents or country boundaries, company officials said.

The latest version includes expanded map coverage of Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and South America, with more than 150 cities in those regions now having street-level coverage, including locations of bodies of water and select POIs such as airports, parking areas and train stations."

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