Navigation update, COMAND APS, Europe, Version 2017/2018 violet, NTG4-204 Article num

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The two DVDs are packed with navigation data for 40 European countries, with major and minor roads, towns, villages and plenty of points of interest:

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (FYROM), Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Vatican City.



The 2017/2018 version covers the whole of Western Europe.

The navigation data on the 2017/2018 version covers over 10.1 million kilometres of road throughout Europe. In Eastern Europe, there is full coverage of the Baltic states, Greece, Croatia, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.



The 2017/2018 version features 90,611 towns and communities.



Points of Interest (POI):

Over 4,2 million key points of interest are featured on the DVDs, including filling stations, car parks, museums, restaurants and hospitals. There are around 133,000 more POIs here than on the previous version. If required, the navigation system will also show the user the quickest route to 2941 Mercedes-Benz service outlets. Some 6,589 ATMs and 3,844 nightlife destinations have been added to the new 2017/2018 version.



Dynamic route guidance based on the latest traffic data (TMC/RDS):

Using the data from the Traffic Message Channel, the navigation system takes into account the latest motorway traffic bulletins and automatically calculates diversions. This convenient service is now available in the following 34 countries:

A list of the available countries can be found in the appendix to this issue of Telematics News.



Road network updates:

Map updates include millions of changes, e.g. new roads, crossroads, bypasses, junctions and motorway slip roads and exits. One section of road may feature up to 260 attributes, such as the number of lanes or one-way routing. All of these attributes and the vast number of points of interest have to be updated constantly. In this new version, for example, over 49,180 roundabouts, 126,142 turning restrictions, 163,433 one-way streets and 1,236,238 street names have been updated. In addition, over 1,314,940 kilometres of road have been updated, including approx. 15,964 sections of motorway and dual carriageway.