Navteq, provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions (LBS), announced the judges and semifinalists of the Americas edition of the Navteq Global LBS Challenge.

The Global LBS Challenge is a worldwide developer competition that invites developers to build and submit original, pre-commercialized mobile applications using dynamic positioning technology and Navteq maps.

Fourteen contestants have been selected to move on to final judging in the Americas region. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony on April 2 during CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas.