SatNav in Pakistan
This is a reader contributed post. The article was written and contributed by Shahid Saeed.
The two biggest names in community created online free for all maps are OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/) and Google MapMaker (http://www.google.com/mapmaker). The main difference between the two is that OpenStreetMap provides its map data under a Creative Commons license, any maps created by users of Google Map Maker are the intellectual property of Google. Both are community created and with time, they have developed quite detail. For cities like Islamabad and Karachi, they present a very high detail and therefore are a success for the online community. Google has promised that with time it will verify the integrity of the created maps and then export them to Google Maps.
A comparison between the two (PIMS – Jinnah Avenue Interchange, Islamabad) :
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OMG,
openstreetmap is exactly something I’ve been looking for. I’ve been a fan of google mapmaker already and waiting for the transition from mapmaker to google maps. But I dont think that navigation, turn by turn instructions etc will be available that soon.
For example, India has been properly mapped on google maps but I dont see any navigation options.
So many gps enabled phones and other devices are being sold here in Pakistan that serve as a phone, music player or a toy, but fail to provide navigation services just because of lack of the maps.
Lets draw more traffic to get more maps done
I hope you read the full article because I’ve also attached images of navigation on a Nokia E71. If you’ve done with the maps, then navigation is not a big problem. Naqsha.net’s maps do a very good routing job as well.