New Delhi, Delhi, India
-- First time in India
Draggable, much richer maps for seamless, easy
use
Turn-by-turn inter-city & intra-city driving directions
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Unique eLocation - Upload your own location & travel route
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Right-click bonanza for ease of use
-- All consumer services now completely
free on the Net
MapmyIndia.com, the 2-year-old, only online maps portal
for India, unveiled v-2007, its easier-to-use, futuristic version here today.
MapmyIndia v-2007 exploits the Web 2.0 platform to introduce a number of
features, not yet offered in India.
(MapmyIndia provides detailed maps
at different zoom levels on the Net and blends them with futuristic offerings -
such as Mapsearch, eLocation, Driving Directions & Local Search - to offer
an exhaustive array of location-based solutions centring on India.)
According to Mr Rakesh Verma, Managing Director at CE Info Systems (P)
Ltd, the parent company of MapmyIndia.com: "The new version brings online
mapping closer to the consumer expectations. It is a manifestation of our
efforts to make MapmyIndia an accessible, usable and valuable proposition for
users."
MapmyIndia v-2007 allows users to drag the maps (at all zoom
levels) to explore adjoining areas not currently on the screen. In the v-2006
version of MapmyIndia (now called as MapmyIndia Classic), the users need to
click on tabs bordering the map eyeview, leading to a fresh reload of the page,
resultant delay and a distinct break to the continuity of the user's map
exploration process.
Explains Rohan Verma, the 21-year-old Stanford
student, who conceived the portal: "The new version provides a seamless
experience, infusing fun into the online map usage activity."
The users
now need to simply slide the zoom bar up or down to zoom in or out,
respectively. "When we first tested the new version internally," says Rohan, "we
found it a delightful experience. The sheer ease of travelling anywhere in India
on the web, without needing to click the mouse even once, made it an awesome
experience."
The eLocation service, which was at a conceptual stage
earlier, is a full-blown service now. MapmyIndia v-2007 allows the user to draw
his/her own route on the map from the closest landmark. "This visual depiction
completely eliminates the hassles of going round and round, seeking directions
in the last-mile lap of the journey," says Mr Verma. "It makes reaching the
destination that much easier."
Enhancing the Driving Directions
application, MapmyIndia v-2007 shows the route for inter-city and intra-city
directions on the map along with the textual, turn-by-turn directions. With the
new right-click option, users can now also visually mark-out their start and
destination points on the map to get directions.
The new version details
numerous categories of landmarks and points of interest (PoIs) to enable a
precise search of any location in India. These PoIs are segmented category as
well as location-wise.
MapmyIndia v-2007 provides all its consumer
services completely free of charge on the Net. "Our decision to provide these
services at no charge aims to empower Indians to find their way around on their
own," explains Mr Verma. "All the good things come free at MapmyIndia."
MapmyIndia is in the process of integrating the map usage with mobile
devices too. "Our bouquet of services would ensure that mobile users benefit
practically from the location-based services of our portal," says Rohan. "This
service is being launched very shortly."
(MapmyIndia has emerged a
forerunner in providing enterprise solutions on a mapping portal. A large number
of clients are using these services effectively.)
MapmyIndia's future
direction lies in the realm of navigation, thus eliminating location-based
hassles so endemic to the Indian conditions. "The v-2007 of MapmyIndia unveils
India's new direction. It heralds the start of an era where individual Indians
will enjoy the fruits of online maps with a great ease," concludes Mr Verma.
About CE Info Systems (P) Ltd
MapmyIndia, recognized by Nasscom
as one of the pioneering, innovative ideas in 2004, is conceived and owned by CE
Info Systems (P) Ltd, an ISO 9001-2000 certified leader in the Indian
location-based services space. The Company has harnessed its over-15 years of
tireless work to create a hierarchical database with a single integrated map of
the entire country that consists of multiple unique attributes of navigation,
like street names, addresses, landmarks, turn restrictions, one-way indicators,
flyovers, speed limits, etc, to make online navigation possible in the difficult
Indian terrain.
CE Info Systems (P) Ltd is also known for its services
and solutions based on Internet & Mobile Applications, turnkey projects, and
Location-based enterprise solutions. The Company owns the acknowledged,
single-largest repository of digital spatial data of India.
For more
information, connect to www.MapmyIndia.com
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click on the link given below:
http://www.businesswireindia.com/attachments/Annexure.doc
Sudha Sarin, INSIGHT Communications, +91 98100 91066 sudha@insightcomm.org
Harinder Singh, Assistant VP - Business Practice, MapmyIndia.com, +91(011) 26691121/ 2120, +91 9811351519 hsingh@mapmyindia.com
Source: MapmyIndia.com (Business Wire India)
Source: Business Wire India
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