Rand McNally Showcases New Mobile Technologies During ShowStoppers@CES 2009
-(Business Wire)-January 6, 2009 - Rand McNally:
| WHO: | Rand McNally is revealing its tech side at ShowStoppers @ CES 2009. | |
| WHAT: | New mobile, consumer, educational and commercial transportation technologies. As the largest and most trusted map publisher, Rand McNally is leveraging its renowned mapping and content expertise into new markets. | |
| WHERE: | Lafite Ballroom, The Wynn Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas | |
| WHEN: | Thursday, January 8, 2009; 6:00 – 10:00 PM | |
| TOPIC: | Rand McNally, a Patriarch Partners portfolio company, is expanding its superior geographic and editorial content to a variety of location-aware devices and new media. |
During ShowStoppers, Rand McNally will showcase:
- RandMcNally.com – More Roads-Better Directions™ - online driving directions - featuring 1 million more addresses and more than 22,000 more miles of roads not found on MapQuest, Google Maps, or any other online maps and directions service;
- Sneak preview of new retail specialty navigation devices for the consumer and commercial transportation markets;
- New CE partnerships utilizing Rand McNally proprietary digital mapping and editorial content;
- First digital road atlases for the Amazon Kindle eBook reader;
- Wireless applications for mobile phone users, such as StreetFinder® Wireless, Rand McNally Traffic and Rand McNally Navigator;
- Industry leading maps and driving directions applications provided for a leading rental car agency; and
- Groundbreaking online subscription service designed specifically for classroom use by students and teachers.
Stop by the booth for a free fabMAP® of Las Vegas to help you navigate around town without the need for a computer.
About Rand McNally
From America's number-one-selling Road Atlas, The Thomas Guide®, FabMAP® and Goode’s World Atlas to StreetFinder® Wireless and IntelliRoute® trucking database, Rand McNally has been an industry leader in the mapping, routing, geographic reference and trip-planning tool marketplace for more than 150 years. With More Roads-Better Directions™, the Company’s products are sold in more than 50,000 retail outlets and distributed to 98% of schools across the U.S. Rand McNally is the premier resource for online travel planning as well as maps and directions. For more information, please visit www.RandMcNally.com, call 800-333-0136 or buy maps and travel gear online at http://store.randmcnally.com.
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