MapmyIndia launches house-level GPS navigation in Mumbai

Mumbai, November 18, 2010: MapmyIndia, India’s leader in maps, GPS navigation and location-based services, today announced the launch of GPS navigators that allow house address search and navigation, a first for the city of Mumbai. It is now possible to key-in a house address and let the MapmyIndia GPS navigator calculate the best route to the destination. Till now it was only possible to reach the locality and the actual address in that locality had to be searched manually.

MapmyIndia’s navigators solve the last mile connectivity problem and actually drop you to the doorstep of your destination. Besides Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, this facility is available in 11 other cities – Bangalore, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Mohali, New Delhi, Noida, Panchkula, Thane. Navi Box: The GPS brain of your car MapmyIndia also launched a standalone GPS device for cars, the MapmyIndia Navi Box. Acting like the GPS navigation brain of a car, the Navi Box – loaded with maps of 902 Indian cities – is hidden under the dashboard. It connects to the screen of the in-dash car audio-video system and offers accurate, turn-by-turn voice guidance. The Navi Box is available as an OEM accessory with Mitsubishi Cedia Sports edition and Ford Endeavour. It can also provide navigation for Skoda, VW, BMW and Audi brands as well. Features of MapmyIndia’s GIS VT1 Vehicle Tracking System

• A special robust GPS tracking device installed in vehicles, which helps the system keep a complete check on the whereabouts of the vehicle including over speeding, accidents etc.

• Through the Vehicle Tracking System one can check:

o Route deviations, undue stoppages, abnormal delays, over speeding in standard routes etc.

o Live tracking of all vehicle grouped according to goods being carried

o SMS intimation about when a truck left from a godown and when it when it entered a another place

o Monitoring/handling day-to-day operations/incidents and MIS Reporting

o Completely managing the end-to-end solution starting from road survey, mapping, tracking, reporting, enhancements, management etc.

MapmyIndia Mumbai Nov 2010 Press Release