ISO gives car industry new interface to navigation systems

As the car navigation industry has grown so has incompatibility between navigation systems and the databases that store important location information. Additionally, there is a need to more easily develop navigation system applications. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is contributing solutions to those issues with an International Standard for a navigation system application programming interface (API). ISO 17267:2009, Intelligent transport systems – Navigation systems – Application programming interface (API), will help facilitate the interoperability between navigation systems and map databases by providing an interface that will make information accessible and retrievable as well as assist developers of navigation systems. The new standard describes what data may be retrieved from a database, defines the interface for access and specifies a set of navigation function calls. It also describes the design of the API and gives examples of its intended use. Furthermore, it specifies the criteria used to determine if a data access library is in accordance with the standard.

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