Comments on: Mobile Navigation Options in India

By: Dorine Wattley

Dorine Wattley — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:43:07 +0000

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By: Charlette Edgecomb

Charlette Edgecomb — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:38:02 +0000

Now, you might try to take it off Google Earth or so. Well, good luck to you: their map overlay for these regions is either totally absent, or it sucks! And ever tried to put a sat image on your GPS device (that is IF there’s a good coverage of the area, and IF you get it calibrated accurately)? Well, I assure you, once on the road, you’ll see next to nothing on your screen, particularly in full sunshine. Remember, there’s not much shade in Ladakh. You NEED an accurate and contrast-rich map, nothing less will do.

By: Vinayak

Vinayak — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:43:21 +0000

Good info apporv..
Nice to see ur active blog.

By: nursing

nursing — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:28:43 +0000

Thankyou, that is really helpful info, appreciated.

By: ABCD

ABCD — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:34:12 +0000

You don’t need any of the above provided the phone has (a)gps. Just download Garmin free – the mobile version is free. Satguide and MMI sell maps as well as Garmin. The Garmin map is amazing and has turn by turn directions for all cities in India – yes it works in the interiors, but it still misses 30 yr old routes in CP!

But you can’t beat it for the awesome interface and the user experience.

http://www.ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?t=394650 if you don’t wanna spend money!

By: Amit Thakkar

Amit Thakkar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:06:39 +0000

Great Analysis Apoorv. Infact i have had similar experience with OVI Maps as you mentioned, making the Maps application work on Nokia E72 itself was a challenge.

On the contrary Google maps provides a seamless experience across devices with or without GPS capabilities. It uses the positioning from the nearest Mobile operator’s tower, which i thought was very smart thing to do. Google could do with enabling voice and few other interactive services on the Maps platform. Google Latitude is catching up quiet nicely where friends/colleagues can locate each other without having to make a call

The way Nokia and Google are positioning their Maps offering, i recon subscription based Navigation tools will be thing of the past. Good for us, i must say

By: Jayesh

Jayesh — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:23:30 +0000

Great info Apoorv, I was recently thinking of trying out some navigation option and your post provides a good start.