DIGITAL map provider NAVTEQ has completed full coverage of Italy - completing another milestone on its way to offering full map coverage of Western Europe.

The map covers all 8,103 cities in the 20 regions and 103 provinces and the entire Italian road network from north to south including the isles of Sardinia and Sicily, Denis Cohen, executive vice-president - sales & marketing Europe, said: 'Full coverage of Italy has always been one of our goals. We are well on our way to offering full coverage products at our high quality standard for all of Western Europe to meet the needs of our customers offering products in this region.'

To complete the project, the company used a skilled team of field analysts and database engineers who drove about one million kilometres over the last year to complete the mapping.