MapmyIndia announces Upgraded In-car GPS Navigation in the Indian Market

A month back, MapmyIndia introduced its in-car GPS navigation devices. Now, the company has announced the launch of its state-of-the-art in-car GPS navigation devices along with the plan to invest $5 million more in regards to its sales and distribution.

MapmyIndia Delphi NAV 200 and AMAX 06GP5A Navigation units

Additionally, MapmyIndia will also update its maps with 1000 cities, 500,000 towns and villages, and 1 million points of interest. You can travel across, be it intra-city or inter-city (not a separate city map, and separate basic India map) country with Real-time, turn-by-turn map and voice guidance.

“Internationally the market for In-car GPS navigation has seen an exponential growth, driven by sales of 20 million PNDs (Personal Navigation Devices) last year in the US and 30 million in Europe. We have already invested over $5 million in building the most comprehensive and accurate map data for India. We will be driving the Indian market by investing an additional $5 million in sales and distribution and constant upgradation of the maps during the next one year,” mentioned Rakesh Verma, MD, CE Info Systems, the promoters of MapmyIndia.

Interestingly, the company has taken an innovative step for their consumers to access maps over the Internet, mobile and in-car space and thus they are collaborating with automobile companies, handset and PND manufacturers, software providers, mobile operators, internet portals and retail and distribution networks of cars, car accessories and consumer electronic products.

Key features of MapmyIndia Navigator:

Keeps you informed where you are and which direction you are headed

Distance and estimated time to next turn and final destination

Quick search to find and navigate to urgent points of interest along the way or near your destination

Instant auto re-routing in case you miss a turn, blocked roads or if you choose to follow an alternate road

Detours to avoid specific roads

Address book to store your favourite destinations (home, office etc.)

Create and save multi-stop trips, and off-road nature trails

Lightweight and pocketable

The personal navigation devices from the company sports built-in GPS (SirfStar III), 3.5″ colour touch-screen, Samsung 400 MHz processor and additional multimedia features to play movies, music, photos and games.

All the above mentioned updates are available on MapmyIndia Navigation units Delphi NAV 200 and AMAX 06GP5A. Consumers can buy these systems in the following places: Delhi NCR (New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad), Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, (including Pimpri Chinchwad), Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Kolkata (including Bidhan Nagar).

Priced at Rs 21,000 in Delhi and Rs 22,000 in other states, MapmyIndia keeps on enhancing their maps of both Delphi NAV 200 and AMAX 06GP5A GPS systems twice a year for the entire country.