MapmyIndia Navigator Product Profile
This profile gives information on our
company, CE Info Systems (P) Ltd, our brand MapmyIndia and our portable in-car
GPS navigation device for all
CE Info Systems (P) Ltd / MapmyIndia
B-44, Shivalik, Malviya Nagar,
Tel: 011-26691121/26691120
Table of Contents
1.
Company Profile
1.
Executive Summary and Fact Sheet
2.
Board of Directors
3.
Products and Services
4.
Map Data Coverage and Build
Process
5.
Company History
2. Product
Profile
1.
Overview
2.
Navigation Features
3.
Map Coverage
4.
Hardware Models -
5.
In the box – Accessories
and User Manuals
1. Company
Profile
1.1
Executive Summary: CE Info Systems
/ MapmyIndia
CE Info
Systems (P) Ltd., a New Delhi-based ISO 9001-2000 Company founded in 1992, is
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Headquarters:
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Founded in: 1992
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Founders: Rakesh and Rashmi Verma
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ISO 9001-2000 certified
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Acknowledged by NASSCOM as a showcase
company for IT Innovation in
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Company size: 150+ employees and 200+ field
surveyors
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Investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers,
Sherpalo Ventures, Nexus
Figure 1: NASSCOM IT Innovation Showcase
1.2
Board of Directors
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Rakesh Verma, Managing Director, CE Info Systems / MapmyIndia
30 years industry
experience, 12 years with General Motors and Saturn Car Project
MBA Eastern
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Shivalik Prasad, Vice President, Sales, CE Info Systems /
MapmyIndia
IBM Consulting
Masters of
Engineering,
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Rohan Verma, Head, Marketing, CE Info Systems / MapmyIndia
Creator of
MapmyIndia.com portal
Bachelors of
Engineering,
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Ajit Nazre, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB)
Co-founder of SAP
Markets, fully owned company of SAP
MBA,
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Sandeep Murthy, Partner, Sherpalo Ventures
CEO, Cleartrip,
Leading online travel portal, and Director, InfoEdge India that owns the
websites Naukri.com, JeevanSaathi.com and 99Acres.com
MBA,
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Suvir Sujan, Partner, Nexus
Co-founder and
co-CEO
MBA,
1.3
Products and Services
Consumer
Products - CE Info Systems provides its
consumer products and services under its brand ‘MapmyIndia’:
I.
GPS Navigation –
MapmyIndia brings to its consumers a range of GPS-based navigation
products
for use on mobile and In-car
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In-car Navigation
a. Product: MapmyIndia Navigator
b. Hardware Models: Currently on 2 hardware models - Delphi NAV200 and
A-MAX 06GP5A
c.
Availability
d.
Dealerships
i.
Already in place in Delhi NCR,
Mumbai,
ii.
Coming soon in 10 other major
cities (including Pune,
e.
Online
i.
FutureBazaar, Indiatimes and
MapmyIndia.com…
f.
For more details, visit www.mapmyindia.com/navigator
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Mobile phone Navigation
g. Product: Wayfinder Navigator powered by MapmyIndia
h.
Availability - On GPS phones
with GPRS service
i.
Via MapmyIndia.com directly
for mobile and PDA phones on all GSM service providers (Airtel, Vodafone, Idea
etc.) , on all major platforms (Windows Mobile, Java (J2ME), Symbian S60, UIQ,
Blackberry etc.).
ii.
Via Airtel on Blackberry 8800
1.
Send ‘NAV’ to
53636 (Airtel Customers)
i.
For product details (including
price and current list of compatible phones), visit www.mapmyindia.com/navigator
II.
Internet / wireless applications
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MapmyIndia.com
a.
Interactive maps, directions,
local search
b.
Tracking API (Vehicle,
Personal, Sales Force etc…)
c.
Store Locator APIs
d.
Yellow and white pages search
powered by GetIt – Coming Soon
e.
SMS search – Coming
Soon
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Mokoki powered by MapmyIndia – Coming Soon
f.
Mobile maps, directions and
local search client application
g.
Compatible with Nokia,
Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG, Samsung phones
h.
Available through
MapmyIndia.com
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Wayfinder Earth powered by MapmyIndia – Coming Soon
i.
Mobile maps and local search
client application
j.
Via MapmyIndia.com directly
for mobile and PDA phones on all GSM service providers (Airtel, Vodafone, Idea
etc.) , on all major platforms (Windows Mobile, Java (J2ME), Symbian S60, UIQ,
Blackberry etc.).
III.
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GIS-based Decision Support Systems
a.
Retail Site-selection
b.
Logistics and Distribution
Planning
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Field Data Collection projects
c.
Urban Planning
d.
Retail
Stores Data
1.4
Map Data Coverage and Build Process
We build our data following MapmyIndia proprietary specifications that
are conceptualised,
designed and developed to suit Indian road conditions and addressing
system.
Team of over 200 field researchers since 1997 have been traveling
across different regions of the
country each day, continually driving and redriving the roads, and
collecting map data that
more closely reflects real Indian conditions. These data are
continually supplemented by phone
calls and other desk research tools of MapmyIndia for validation and
value addition.
We collect road attributes on each section of road, and are adding
millions of Points of Interest
falling under 52 different categories to our database.
Our deep understanding of Indian geography and addresses contribute to
the development of
groundbreaking and unparalleled products, tools, services and
processes.
1.
Source Acquisition
a. Private/Public Data Sources – We obtain maps, charts and imagery
that give us the basic information of national and city geometry.
b. Field Data Collection – Over 250 trained field researchers travel
through the Indian roads using GPS and following standard processes to collect
different kinds of data attributes.
2.
Digitization and Geometry Creation
a. Digitizing the sources materials - We digitize the various source
material to prepare the base map database
b. We update geometry by bringing together the source material, field
data, and regional knowledge.
3.
Geocoding and Attribute addition
a. We augment our map database with Points of Interests, Businesses,
postal codes, various navigation attributes and other data.
4.
Data Validation
a. Ongoing update processes that lead the field team to re-drive through
various roads of the country ensures accuracy
b. Our services to businesses for their decision support systems play a
big role in cost-effective validation of our map databases
c. Customer’s feedback on our Products is the other crucial
reference point for data validation
1.5
Company History
CE Info Systems is
who had returned after a 12 year stint in the
respectively. The company’s very initial focus was on providing
training and solutions on
the IBM mainframe platform. A chance meeting between the promoter
couple and
representatives of MapInfo software, a GIS (Geographic Information
Systems) tool used
for map creation and analysis, led to CE Info’s decision to get into
mapping and GIS. At
that time, digital maps were unavailable for
known. CE Info became the first distributor for MapInfo in 1994, and
set about the
massive and pioneering task of mapping out all
of
1994 – 2004:
Building the base map data, and serving the enterprise GIS market
Over the next 10 years, from 1994 to 2004, the company focused
single-mindedly on
creating the complete
creating this massive dataset were two-fold: how to bear the large
amount of
investment needed to build the data, and how to ensure the huge
database stayed
relevant and up-to-date. The company’s strategy to address these
challenges was
elegant and simple – provide enterprises with GIS solutions on
top of the map data that
added significant tangible benefits to their business operations and
planning. In this
way, the company was able to generate a revenue stream to drive future
investments
into building the map data. And because the enterprises were using it
for their
operations on a daily basis, they would provide the necessary feedback
to ensure
currency of the data. For example, in 1995 when Coca Cola wanted to
re-enter
the company provided them help in planning their logistics and
distribution of bottles
from the bottling plants to almost every town and village across
when Hutch (now Essar) was deciding where to place their towers based
on demand,
CE Info built the map data and model on top of it to recommend the
locations. Thus,
the company focused from 1994 to 2004 in building out the map data set
for