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Ilaka.in, the 2-year-old, only online maps portal for India, Its easier-to-use,futuristic version here today. Ilaka.in exploits the Web 2.0 platform to introduce anumber of features, not yet offered in India.
(Ilaka.in provides detailed maps at different zoom levels on the Net and blends themwith futuristic offerings - such as Search, Local Search, Proximity search, LocalRoutes & My Locations  to offer an exhaustive array of location-based solutionscentring on India.)
According to Mr Arun, Managing Director at I Serv commerce India (P) Ltd, the parentcompany of Ilaka.in: Â The new version brings online mapping closer to the consumerexpectations. It is a manifestation of our efforts to make Ilaka.in an accessible,usable and valuable proposition for users.Â
Explains Vijay, the 21-year-old Stanford student, who conceived the portal: Â Thisnew Ilaka provides a seamless experience, infusing fun into the online map usageactivity.Â
The users now need to simply slide the zoom bar up or down to zoom in or out,respectively.  When we first tested this version internally, says Vijay,  we foundit a delightful experience. The sheer ease of travelling anywhere in India on theweb, without needing to click the mouse even once, made it an awesome experience.Â
The Local Routes service, which was at a conceptual stage earlier, is a full-blownservice now. Ilaka.in allows the user to draw his/her own route on the map from theclosest landmark.  This visual depiction completely eliminates the hassles of goinground and round, seeking directions in the last-mile lap of the journey, says MrArun.  It makes reaching the destination that much easier.Â
Enhancing the Driving Directions application, Ilaka.in shows the route forinter-city and intra-city directions on the map along with the textual, turn-by-turndirections. With the new right-click option, users can now also visually mark-outtheir start and destination points on the map to get directions.
This version details numerous categories of landmarks and points of interest (PoIs)to enable a precise search of any location in India. These PoIs are segmentedcategory as well as location-wise.
Ilaka.in provides all its consumer services completely free of charge on the Net. Our decision to provide these services at no charge aims to empower Indians to findtheir way around on their own, explains Mr Arun.  All the good things come free atIlaka.in.Â
Ilaka.in is in the process of integrating the map usage with mobile devices too. Our bouquet of services would ensure that mobile users benefit practically from thelocation-based services of our portal, says Vijay.  This service is being launchedvery shortly.Â
(Ilaka.in has emerged a forerunner in providing enterprise solutions on a mappingportal. A large number of clients are using these services effectively.)
Ilaka.inÂ's future direction lies in the realm of navigation, thus eliminatinglocation-based hassles so endemic to the Indian conditions.  This Ilaka.in unveilsIndiaÂ's new direction. It heralds the start of an era where individual Indians willenjoy the fruits of online maps with a great ease, concludes Mr Arun.
About I Serv commerce India (P) Ltd. The Company has harnessed its over-2 years of tireless work to create ahierarchical database with a single integrated map of the entire country thatconsists of multiple unique attributes of navigation, like street names, addresses,landmarks, etc, to make online navigation possible in the difficult Indianterrain.
I Serv Commerce India (P) Ltd is also known for its services and solutions based onInternet & Mobile Applications, turnkey projects, and Location-based enterprisesolutions. The Company owns the acknowledged, single-largest repository of digitalspatial data of India.
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Media contact details
Anand Ramesh, Assistant VP Â Business Practice,Ilaka.in,+91(040) 65763366anand@iserv.in
