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MapmyIndia enters into alliance with Survey of India
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 05 November 2009, 00:24 IST
New Delhi: MapmyIndia, a map and GPS navigation services provider, has announced an alliance with Survey of India (SOI). As per the terms, MapmyIndia will use and provide Value Added Services (VAS) to SOI maps.
This will strengthen MapmyIndia's existing coverage across India, and open new prospects for business with government and defence organizations.
The Surveyor General of India said, "MapmyIndia is a leading reputed navigational and location based GIS company in India in the digital mapping and cartography space. This alliance would help fulfil the demand for high quality maps and values to GIS based data sets."
Through this alliance, MapmyIndia can combine its map data collection and processing to provide VAS to SOI maps. This will allow MapmyIndia to accelerate provision of map based VAS and navigation services across all cities and towns in India and bring benefits of digital mapping.
"The symbiotic nature of the association, where MapmyIndia can use Survey of India maps to provide value added services and vice versa is a huge step forward for the navigation and GIS industries in India," said Rakesh Verma, Managing Director, MapmyIndia.
"I am confident that MapmyIndia will meet the wider expectations of the Indian society and GIS users through provision of cost-effective, user friendly, timely and accurate information to them and prove themselves to be the pioneer and trend setter in their specialized field through use of innovative techniques and technologies for their salient benefits," said the Surveyor General of India.
