AOL’s Mapquest Comes To India – Our Review

MapQuest a product of AOL which is built on OpenStreetMap (OSM) data has launched its offering in India. The India site launched today can be found at http://open.mapquest.in/ We use the India product...
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Google Round Up: Google TV, Maps Plus Orkut, Transliteration – 5 New Languages

Google TV Google has plans to introduce an Android-based television software for developers that will help more content from the Internet to be made available on TVs and other devices. The technology...
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Satnav Launches ‘Call Us For Directions’ Service – Now Call Them When You Are Lost

Well if you are like me who find roads more confusing that the jigsaw puzzles and who would get lost driving around bombay even with a navigator fitted on his car dashboard then Satnav has just launched...
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Zoomtra ties up with RouteGuru For Driving Directions In Delhi

Well Maps and travel seem to go hand in hand. Recently we had blogged about a start up entrip which claimed to be a visual travel blog and integrated the map experience to travel planning. Well that is...
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SatNav Technologies Launches Initiative For GPS Enthusiast, To Enable Community Involvement

SatNav Technologies, a Hyderabad based IT company has just launched “Citizen Mapper” – an initiative for encouraging the community involvement in enhancing the quality of its GPS software...
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Google’s Mobile Search, Powered by “My Location” – The Idea, Applications & Limitations

  It’s been a while since big-wig search engines like Yahoo, Google and MSN Live had launched their local search engines but how many times have you ever used it to find a certain eatery joint or...
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MapMyIndia Launches GPS Based Navigation Solutions for the Mobile

MapMyIndia has just launched a GPS Based Navigation Solutions. To use it, you need a Mobile Phone running Windows Mobile 6, and a phone with an in built GPS receiver (or one connected with a Bluetooth...
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Yahoo India Shows (Walking) Directions. In Regional Languages

After driving directions, Yahoo India has launched the much needed, walking directions for the Indian users. Moreover, the directions are available in 9 local languages.   A very useful feature indeed....
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MapmyIndia on TV? Now Plan your Holidays in India Using the Idiot Box

We recently caught up with Mr. Rohan Verma, the Head of Marketing for MapmyIndia and the creator of the mapmyindia.com portal and he hinted towards maps moving to the idiot box.    It seems like...
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Microsoft plays catch up – buys Web Mapping Company. Too little too late?

Microsoft, the technology conglomerate recently acquired a British online mapping company (Multimap). An acquisition that is clearly bound to boost its Windows Live bouquet of services.    Multimap...
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Google makes Maps embeddable and looks at mapping Stars!

A recent article at AgencyFaqs talks about the importance of online maps and the importance of mapping to your business because of the advent and emphasis on localization. “…with the increasing...
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