MapMyIndia launches AI-based navigation assistant Hey Map, eLoc codes, and more
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Location and navigation service provider, MapMyIndia, today made a number of announcements including an AI-based navigation assistant along with a slew of partnerships with organizations like Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Idea Cellular, Aatapaha Smart Lighting, Reverie Language Technologies, and Udacity India. However, interestingly, MapMyIndia’s Chief Technology Officer, Rohan Verma, revealed at the event that only 4 percent people in India are actually fluent in the English language. ALSO READ: Smart Maps, Location to help build smart cities in India: MapmyIndia’s Rohan Verma Additionally, MapMyIndia’s vision for the navigation app is not just an accurate tracking of roads, but a door-to-door video map of the entire nation. With the acquisition of VidTeq, it has till now video mapped over 30 cities in the country, and aims to update its database entirely very soon. ISRO has launched a fisherman and coast guard alert app some time ago, which MapMyIndia revealed was built by them.
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