More than 450 000 users, over 40% increase in subscriptions and purchased a number of awards conferred by both professionals and clients. Difficult, the whole economy, 2009 AutoMapa may classify as very successful!

The over 100 thousand in 2009 increased the number of legitimate users AutoMapa. Over 80% of new customers decided to buy AutoMapa included with the navigation device selected from a wide range of partners, which include such recognized brands as Aristo, AMTECH, ASUS, Audiomedia, Becker, Blaupunkt, Blow, Clarion, Eten, freeway, HTC, Mio, NavRoad, Nokia, Pentagram, Samsung, Peying, Prolech, Syngio, GPS and Smart Trak.

The year 2009 was a record for AutoMapa year for awards and honors. AutoMapa appreciated by both professionals and ordinary users by selecting the Product of the Year 2009, honoring the second consecutive year the Golden Consumer Laurel, or giving AutoMapa Quality Champion title. Once again, for almost seven years AutoMapa the best-selling and most award-winning navigation software in Poland.

As pointed out by Janusz M. Kaminski, Head of PR and Marketing AutoMapa AutoMapa the past year has undergone not only maintain market leadership, but adding new, previously unavailable in Poland solutions.

"- The year 2009 was for us in many ways unique. On the one hand, we have received many prestigious awards conferred on us by both IT professionals and consumers themselves. On the other - several times a year we raised the bar both himself and the competition by introducing new features useful for both drivers and people looking for specific places in their cities. "

In 2009, AutoMapa has introduced many important, indeed ground-breaking innovations in both the map data as well as functionality. Traveling on Polish roads, drivers are informed of the 500 most dangerous traffic zones developed in conjunction with National Police, and are warned by more than 15 thousands of crossings made ​​to AutoMapa in cooperation with the Polish railways SA truck drivers can get driving directions from April to the restrictions set out the type of vehicle that you are moving, and all users with a valid license AutoMapa can enjoy the benefits of the revolutionary AutoMapa Traffic, which will help them to overcome traffic jams and congestion. AutoMapa Traffic takes into account both the current state of zakorkowania roads and projected state of the signals collected from non-stop across the Polish roads. Just before the end of 2009 AutoMapa released the fourth update of its users to map the data from December 2009, and in recent days, she was awarded the title "Product of the Year" by the specialist magazine PC World.

Calendar 2009

February

• AutoMapa HIT IT receives award granted by the editors of four letters: CD Action, Click!, NEXT and PC Format

March

• AutoMapa receives Oscar the IT industry - the "Virtual Phone" awarded by the editors of the magazine Mobile Internet
• Number of Points of Interest (POI) on the map Polish exceeds 400 000
• accurate address points in Poland exceeds the threshold of 70% of Polish population
• The first stage is implemented AutoMapa Traffic contains historical data on traffic flows. At the same time, the collection will be launched on-line data from several sources - including anonymous users extract the data from AutoMapa
• AutoMapa and Krzysztof Hołowczyc Foundation "Safe Driver" project was implemented the "500 most dangerous road zones in Poland", by which all drivers traveling with AutoMapa have access to data on high risk road sections on Polish territory. The data developed in close cooperation with the National Police, Polish drivers allow for a better journey, raising the driving safety on the roads of our country

April

• the market appears AutoMapa 5.5 holds, the only one in Poland, the data needed to determine routes by truck drivers on Polish territory, based on actual data such as, among others tonnage and height of the viaduct. Includes 23 thousand tonnage limit signs, more than 1200 characters overpass height and more than 2,200 overpasses whose height was measured with a laser rangefinder for oversize travel. AutoMapa 5.5 also has data on permissible axle load for all national and provincial roads in accordance with the Minister of Transport

May

• AutoMapa wins the big navigation test developed by the editors of PC World. AutoMapa She was appreciated by the editors of PC World with the best routing algorithms, and beat the competition in the head in terms of address database on Polish territory. Journalists PC World also drew attention to the most important feature of AutoMapa - the exceptional accuracy of maps. "- AutoMapa won, because we needed accuracy." - We read in the magazine PC World
• devices with AutoMapa took 10 seats in the first test of navigation equipment, conducted by the magazine NEXT

June

• AutoMapa manufacturers and PKP Polish Railway Lines SA together warn drivers about all road and rail crossings as part of the "Safe Drive - Stay and live."
• AutoMapa navigation rally became a partner of the world's largest sailing and regatta "Tall Ships' Races 2009" in Gdynia
• The market appears AutoMapa 5.5.2 m.in database containing 25 000 crossings, and a list of 500 most dangerous road zones in Poland
• The number of exact addresses in Poland reached a point 2.4 million

July

• Miplo.pl AutoMapa and invite the Summer Concert with AutoMapa. A specially prepared files stored in the "Concert of AutoMapa!" Led thousands of fans of music directly to the concerts of stars, the Polish and world music scene

August

• Targeo.pl (which is a special version of AutoMapa used for mapping the Internet) launches the first Polish site with current information about traffic on the roads around the country
• AutoMapa, the second consecutive year, won Golden Laurel. In the opinion of consumers participating in the study, AutoMapa is the most recognizable brand of navigation systems, which makes the competition a high quality, thoughtful and aesthetic design and high innovation

September

• AutoMapa, is a partner of the Cultural Traffic aired on RMF Classic

October

• AutoMapa provides information about speed limits based on tens of thousands of speed limit signs, of which over 20 thousand on the roads of international, national and provincial, and nearly 16 thousand characters beginning and end of a built-up area speed limit affecting vehicle
• AutoMapa compatible with Google Earth! This is a step in connection with the popular AutoMapa, sources of spatial information and Internet resources, or YouTube Panoramio. This functionality is also developing capabilities to plan locator Targeo.pl travel and transfer routes to AutoMapa
• beta testing the new rules AutoMapa. Anyone holding a valid license AutoMapa may join the group of testers and share their insights

November

• New, lower prices AutoMapa. Since mid-November AutoMapa can buy up to 1/4 cheaper
• AutoMapa and provide a program service Miplo.pl AM REC - a revolutionary tool for creating your own navigation instructions and messages for Points of Interest (POI) in GPS navigation

December

• the most anticipated program of autumn - AutoMapa 6, containing a fully operational system allows AutoMapa Traffic routing including information on traffic flows appear in the market. AutoMapa 6 as the first and the only navigation device in Poland on both PND and Smartphone:
  - Prepared for future congestion, depending on time of day and day of the devices with Internet access
  - Includes run-off live information such as congestion caused by accidents or road works
  - Take into account the time constraints in motion such as the exclusion of heavy traffic
• Number of Points of Interest (POI) is more than five hundred thousand
• AutoMapa wins Product of the Year 2009 awarded by the magazine PC World!

Source: Automap

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