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Old 12-18-2006, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by smb021668
I find it interesting that Navteq sells individual map cd's for $129 and the whole set for $199 while offering a standalone (possibly private labeled) GPS at Sam's for $349...
The good news is that the pricing for updates is consistent. Navteq is pretty much the sole supplier for map data globally. MapQuest, Yahoo Maps, Garmin, Google Maps, Alpine, Mercedes Benz, whatever, they all use Navteq data. Navteq charges about $200 for a full region and $130 for a partial region update. Navteq is also smart, so they probably sell the data to manufacturers very inexpensively for new products, because Navteq knows that they will potentially sell upgrades to that consumer down the road.
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