Tele Atlas gets BMW contract

Digital mapping company Tele Atlas said it will supply content for select BMW vehicles with navigation systems, starting with 2008 models.

Tele Atlas is a Dutch company with North American headquarters in Lebanon, N.H., and about 500 employees there; it also has a Boston office.

"This agreement firmly substantiates Tele Atlas' position as the accuracy and innovation leader in digital mapping, with the coverage and content that meets the needs of some of the most sophisticated in-car navigation system users in the world," chief executive Alain De Taeye said in a statement.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)