Location-Based Services
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10/16/2008
This section describes features that enable you to deliver location-based services to users of your portable navigation devices (PNDs).
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- Live Search for Devices (LS4D)
Provides information about LS4D. With LS4D, you can build search experiences into your navigation application that give users access to up-to-date, relevant, location-aware Points of Interest (POI) that are from the White Pages (residential) or Yellow Pages (commercial) online phone books.
- MSN Direct Services
Provides information about MSN Direct Services. MSN Direct is a unique information service that uses the Microsoft DirectBand wireless datacasting network to deliver information to navigation devices. MSN Direct data is delivered through FM radio towers and is available in over 120 large metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada.