India will start the process of setting up its indigenous satellite based navigation system (SBNS), by launching its first navigation satellite Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) in the second week of ... Continue_Reading

MapmyIndia, the location based services and maps company, has launched Don’t Panic, a full-featured maps and GPS navigation app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in India. ... Continue_Reading

Updated with screenshots and details on our experience with the app Better late then never! Airtel has launched its own location app for smartphones, offering voice based turn by turn navigation, ... Continue_Reading

Update 3: Google has officially announced the launch of its voice navigation and live traffic information in six Indian cities. While most of the features has already been covered below, ... Continue_Reading

Updated below with a clarification Garmin Corporation, a unit of Garmin Ltd., the satellite navigation company, has launched the nüvi 40LM and 50LM devices in the market. The devices will ... Continue_Reading

Anirudh Sharma, an IT Engineer from Rajasthan Technical University has developed a system that offers non-obtrusive navigation for the visually impaired (Hat tip: Himanshu Khanna, Pixelonomics). ... Continue_Reading

MapmyIndia has secured funding worth $9 million from Qualcomm Ventures. Other investors who participated in the funding round include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Sherpalo Ventures and Nexus India Capital, who ... Continue_Reading