Estonian Wins the Grand Prize of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge
Estonian Wins the Grand Prize of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Estonian Wins the Grand Prize of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Estonian Wins the Grand Prize of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Posted on: April 9, 2009 – Filed under: Tallinn

Again, good news on Estonian mobile scene. Tigerprises writes that Estonian programmer Raoul Järvis (company T+1 Solutions) has taken home the Grand Prize, over $557 500, including cash and free maps from the 2009 Navteq Global LBS challenge!
More on Yahoo News: “The winning application, Taxi4me, is a mobile taxi ordering service that helps consumers anywhere in the world connect with trusted taxi companies. The desired time and destination is sent from a user’s mobile phone to a taxi brokering server. Local taxi companies then submit competitive bids and proposed routes back to the consumer.”