Location based services and maps company MapmyIndia has launched a new version of its maps - version 8.0, which would be included in all the existing and new MapmyIndia navigation solutions. In the new version, the company has introduced maps of Union Territories like Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep among others in this new version and informed that this updated maps version covers 10.33 million places and 1.9 million road kilometers across 600,000 villages and 4,787 cities at street-level. It also claims to provide maps for 50 cities with house-level details, 46 cities with 3D city models and driving directions to 30,000 tourist locations. In comparison, MapmyIndia Maps 7.1 had claimed to cover 7.1 million places of interest, 1.9 million road kilometers, across 600,000 towns and villages and 4,751 cities at street-level, 39 cities with house level details and 36 cities with full 3D city models. Besides this, version 8.0 also offers various navigation and driver assistance features like live traffic information and visual cues like extended lane guidance, junction views, signposts, city guides, regional voice guidance in 10 regional languages and regional maps in four local languages. Extended Lane guidance alerts users the lane they should choose prior to a turn or an exit while Junction views offers a sneak peek at upcoming intersections and Sign posts provides information on the major landmarks, localities and cities that come during the journey. It also offers day time based turn restrictions which offers information on time-based turn restrictions and whether a particular road is a one-way or a two-way.…
