Hyderabad, January 20: Tele Atlas Kalyani India Ltd, a leading provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, today unveiled its latest expanded map for India here.
Targeting consumer, business and government market segments, including the booming IT and commercial sectors in Hyderabad, the maps of nearly 6.4 lakh km of navigable roads cover more than 75 per cent of the country’s urban population.
Tele Atlas’ new map of India provides navigable street network coverage for turn-by-turn and location-based applications of 336 cities across the country. They also include 2D City Maps that cover more than 350 SQ km across eight key Indian cities, including Hyderabad, and 82 3D landmarks of notable structures in major cities.
The new Tele Atlas maps also provide more than 1.5 million points of interest (POIs), across 53 categories.
”Growth in location-based products and services in India, from automotive to wireless and location-based services (LBS), enterprise and government applications, continues to outpace many regions around the world,” Mr Rajive Chandra,Tele Atlas Director of Sales and Marketing, APAC, said in a press release here.
”A recent international report revealed Hyderabad ranks among the 12 best cities in the world for its growth and innovation. With a strong team, high-quality digital maps and rich content,Tele Atlas is in the best position to continue to help our customers in Hyderabad and around the world enhance their navigation and location-based solutions and enrich their end users’ experiences.
”Tele Atlas will continue to expand its offering of India in the future with additional map coverage and content throughout 2010,” he added.
–Agencies