MILESTONES
Evolution Strategy
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Milestones index
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Early 80s World Pioneers in electronic charts and moving map devices
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Early 90s OEM marine electronics production
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90s Leading GPS technology development in aeronautical and terrestrial applications
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Early 00s Mass market portable GPS brands
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Late 00s Focus on niche markets, precision farming
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10s Connected vehicles & Telematics. Automotive OE supplier
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20s Any environment Telematics, IOT, Cloud services & APPS
Early 80s
World Pioneers in electronic charts and moving map devices
1985
TWS Geonav is the first marine charting system in the world for non-professional market designed by Mr. Bianchetti and Mr. Petrocchi.
1985 cmap
1985
C-MAP launches CF-85 the vector format for marine electronic charting that will become an international standard.
1986
TWS starts the production of the Pan-Navigator 8640, the first charting system based on C-MAP vector format.
OEM production service begins.
Early 90s
OEM marine electronics production
1993
C-MAP CM93 vector format is approved as legal substitute of paper charts published by Hydrographic Offices in ECDIS systems.
1993 faros
1993
C-MAP’s FAROS becomes the official Software used by Hydrographic Institutes to digitize charts.
1993 oem
1993
MARINE OEM production for major brands: Raymarine, Garmin, Magellan, Navman, Furuno, Lowrance, JRC, JMC, Koden, Sony.
90s
Leading GPS technology development in aeronautical and terrestrial applications
1992
TWS AIRMASTER for Agusta (today Agusta Westland) the first military approved portable navigation system for helicopters.
1994
AvMap Electronic Knee Pad (EKP) the portable GPS for the aeronautical sector.
1994 Desert Cruiser
1994
AvMap Desert Cruiser the world’s first moving-map portable navigation system for cars.
1997
Road Cruiser: the GPS becomes "urban": AvMap creates one of the very first navigators dedicated to the car.
Early 00s
Mass Market portable GPS brands
2003
2002
Geosat, the terrestrial GPS series launched in 1998, evolves and becomes accessible for the larger public in 2002 with the Geosat 2 edition followed by Geosat4, 5 and 6. The Geosat series is sold thru mass retail channels Throughout the 2000s.
2002
AvMap SpyBox is one of the first telematics box transmitting a complete trip-log via SMS, used as a fleet management system by trasport companies.
2005
AvMap starts supplying car manufacturers, producing standard equipment portable GPS in special editions of Peugeot cars. in 2005 Peugeot launches 206 GEOSAT, named after the AvMap portable GPS.
2007
AvMap Geosat 6 Phone TV, the world’s first GPS with built-in breath analyzer, GSM and DVB TV.
Late 00s
Focus on niche markets Military and Precision Farming
2008
AvMap Geosat 5 for Mitsubishi L200 Savana ( Brazil ).
AvMap supplies the Brazilian Federal Police Department.
2007 cmap
2007
C-MAP is sold to Jeppesen (Boeing Group) while the TWS GROUP keeps the OEM production service for Jeppesen’ customers among which Furuno, Yaesu.
2009
AvMap launches FARMNAVIGATOR the first portable GPS dedicated to Precision Farming.
2010
Mine field tracing GPS for the Italian Military Institute for Geography (IGM), used in Lebanon missions.
10s
Connected Vehicles & Telematics
2014
AvMap Navi Box connects to the head unit display through Mirror Link, one of the first of this kind. Produced for TOYOTA Motors Europe and PSA group.
2015
AvMap EngiBOX the engine monitoring system for ROTAX aircraft engines includes a Cloud-based Portal where users can monitor the performance of their engine anytime.
2017
AvMap enters into an agreement with Aioi Nissau Dowa Insurance (ANDI) for supplying Insurance telematics devices.
2019
AvMap 4G HotSpot with telematics functionalities homologated for use in all TOYOTA and Lexus models in Europe.
20s
Any Environment Telematics, IOT, Cloud services & APPS
2020
EKOWAY is an advanced Waste Trucks fleet management for Public Administrations, controlling the job of each collector, communicating with waste collection control Portal.
#WasteManagement #SmartCities #Telematics
2020 lora
2020
TWS starts production of IoT enabling electronics for industrial devices & LoRA modules for industrial and commercial applications.
#IoT #SmartObjects #smartCities
2021
1MINUTE RTK is a connected high-precision GNSS antenna for precision farming with a Cloud-based service to monitor works in the fields.
#Agriculture4.0 #ConnectedFarm
2023
G12 Panorama is the first 12" panoramic multifunction system for agriculture displaying field view and ISOBUS tools at the same time in a split screen. Featuring an innovative Remote Assistance service for farmers.
#Agriculture4.0 #ConnectedFarm
