MapMyIndia to Power GPS Navigation For India's Top Selling Automobiles
Thursday November 15, 2012 , 2 min Read
MapmyIndia pioneered digital mapping in India, and since 1995, through continuous field surveys and mapping technology, has built its Maps. In a recent announcement, MapmyIndia said that the biggest automobiles in India would now would be using their GPS navigation. The leading car models include Honda City, Tata Manza, Mahindra XUV 500, Mahindra Ssangyong Rexton, Ford Endeavour, BMW 7, 5 & 3 series, Jaguar-Land Rover Freelander 2, Fiat Linea and Renault Scala.Key Stats for MapmyIndia:
Maps cover 7.1 million places, 1.9 million road kilometers, 600,000 villages, 4,751 cities at street-level, 39 cities at house-level, 36 cities in full 3D, and advanced navigation
“The year 2012 has seen an exponential increase in adoption of navigation into automotive platforms, with over 200,000 cars scheduled to come with built-in navigation systems in India in 2013. MapmyIndia’s own GPS navi-tainment systems, including Portable Navigators, CarPads and fitted in-dash systems, are the best selling navigation systems and MapmyIndia has sold over 140,000 such systems already through its network of over 1500+ car showrooms and car accessory shops across 100+ cities in India. We are excited to further strengthen our partnerships with all leading car manufacturers and the ecosystem to push the many benefits of GPS navigation to consumers across India,” says Shivalik Prasad, Executive Director, MapmyIndia.
MapmyIndia’s 7.1 maps provide the following features:
- Extended lane guidance (telling the user which lane to get into prior to a turn or exit)
- Junction views (how the upcoming intersection looks in real-life)
- Sign-posts (which major landmarks, localities and cities lie in the direction of upcoming turns)
- Day-time based turn restrictions (based on time and day, whether the particular road is 2-way or one-way in a particular directions)
- Live traffic (what is the live congestion on roads in the city)
Read our previous complete interview with Rohan Verma of MapMyIndia.
