Meanwhile, the Indian rival to Google Maps, MapmyIndia has also launched its own 360-degree panoramic street view offering called Mappls RealView. Suraksha P explains how India's latest geospatial data policy gives them an edge. Many home-grown companies are taking on global giants like Google by offering geospatial solutions that they claim provide better features than competitors. Tech Mahindra will be the logistics service provider for Google. Genesys International's partnership with Google is intended to increase the range of Street View to 1 million km by the end of the year. Its API has been available to global partners for a while. Users will be able to access this information by tapping the ‘Layers’ button at the top right and selecting the ‘Air Quality’ option.ĭaniel said Google would publish Street View’s Application programming Interface to local partners. The US-based technology behemoth has also collaborated with the Central Pollution Control Board to make authoritative air quality information available on Google Maps. It will also provide information on road closures and incidents on Google Maps across eight cities, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Gurugram, Bengaluru, and Agra, to help people avoid congestion zones. Google Maps will also show information on speed limits shared by traffic authorities, starting with Bengaluru and Chandigarh. We plan to expand this to 50 cities by the end of this year.” “They (the partners) have covered 150,000 kilometres in India. “This is the first time in the world that Google Street View is being brought to life completely by local partners,” Miriam Daniel, vice president - maps experiences, Google, told ET.
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