During the Verizon Developer Community Conference in Las Vegas, the Big Red carrier unveiled NAVBuilder Inside (NBI), which is an SDK that gives developers a simple way to add interactive location, mapping, and other location-based services to their applications across multiple operating systems. In addition, the APIs included offer the capability to provide 3D voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation through VZ Navigator, geo-tagging and alerts.
The SDK works with Android, BlackBerry, Brew and Windows Mobile apps, and consists of two parts:
- MapKit – provides an interface for embedding maps (Regular, Satellite and Hybrid), local search, and directions directly into applications (so users don’t have to leave the application), and
- LocationKit – Enables fast location positioning for apps using standalone GPS, Cell ID or WiFi. It can work even with non-WiFi enabled devices (for instance those running Brew MP), relying on solely on Cell ID.
NAVBuilder Inside was developed in cooperation with TeleCommunication Systems and will be available through the Verizon Developer Community portal.