Data Resource Acquisition Standards - TomTom
® maintains the integrity of its
data attribution by relying on acquisition of data resources from authoritative sources.
- TomTom® Resource Acquisition Specialists acquire only those resources
that conform to TomTom® documented resource specifications.
- Only after resources have passed inspection are they available to TomTom® Digital Mapping Technicians.
Field Data Sourcing - TomTom® also
sends teams of field verification specialists to drive the roads of selected areas to
verify and update the "ground truth" of our digitized data and attributes.
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Database Enhancement Verification - All database enhancements are verified by trained
TomTom® professional data analysts who follow a rigorous Quality
Assurance control process:
- Street data is crosschecked and verified using several independent mapping sources.
- Many algorithmic QC checks are applied against the database to ensure that changes to
geography and attribution conform to Database Feature Modeling Specifications.
Product
Delivery Testing - Quality Assurance specialists follow strict testing guidelines prior
to releasing this product to the market. Data testing is initiated following:
- Each change in the database where a potential impact on the product is anticipated.
- Each change in the production system where potential impact on the product is
anticipated.
- Each new release of product extract code.
- Planned changes to the product and any resolved issues from prior production runs.