Wayfinder

Overview

• Industryinformation technology¹
• HeadquartersMalmö¹
• Websitewww.wayfinder.org

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Wayfinder, previously a mobile navigation software, is now an open source mapping and navigation software. Wayfinder Systems AB (called Itinerary Systems IS AB until 2002) was founded in 1995 by David Svensson (CEO 1995-2001, CTO 2001-2004) and investors. The company IPO was in 2005 with the stock listed on Nordic Growth Market (NGM Equity) at a 600 MSEK market cap. In 2009 the British mobile phone operator Vodafone bought all shares in Wayfinder Systems AB and operated it as a wholly owned subsidiary with 97 people employed, specializing in creating mobile navigation systems for a number of platforms such as Symbian 2nd and 3rd edition, UIQ, Windows Mobile and some other smartphones. An external Bluetooth GPS receiver is required for non GPS enabled phones. On March 12, 2010, some years after Google launched Google Maps and then free turn-by-turn mobile phone navigation, it was announced that Vodafone was closing the company and all employees would be let go.²

Corporate structure

Wayfinder is part of a group headed by Vodafone. 126 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Vodafone

From Wikidata.¹

Links

• Websitewww.wayfinder.org¹
• WikipediaWayfinder
• WikidataQ4354420