MapMyIndia June 7, 2007
Posted by Pallav Sharda in : Maps , trackbackMapMyIndia portal was launched in late 2004 as an interactive map website for India. I mistakingly promoted SatNav Technologies as the pioneer GIS data company in my earlier post, but it seems like the ‘pioneer’ title should go to CE Info Systems Pvt. Ltd., the parent company of MapMyIndia.
CE Info Systems is based out of Delhi since 1991, focusing on creation of detailed GIS data sets for India. They boast about being the largest repository of digital maps and data in the country and offer services to several big clients like Birla Group, Nokia, Mahangar Gas, MCD, Zee TV, L&T, Qualcomm, etc. in various verticals.
MapMyIndia content shows the rich heritage, of course. The free
service has a searchable database of 170 cities, 4,785 towns and 2.2 lakh villages in India. Although the website has some annoying flashing graphics with a slightly cramped look, what blows my mind away is that they give step-by-step directions with total distance!!! 
Un-freakin’-believable!!! I tried the directions from Vasant Kunj to Connaught Place and they were awesome. In fact, Greater Kailash to Bihar also made sense (although I cant verify that, obviously). This kind of in-depth dataset can be the backbone for numerous future ebusiness models, no doubt.
They have a mobile search page too. So mobile search too has arrived in India. The website also talks about local search and ‘eLocation’ (you can tell others where you are located). U-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-e. I’m still reeling from the step-by-step direction functionality.
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