JAKARTA - To bring the road map in Indonesia, Google Maps, in collaboration with a number of local companies, such as Telkomsel, Urbanesia.com and LewatMana.com.
"As more and more Indonesian people access the Internet on the move via the 3G network of sophisticated, with a scheme of affordable mobile data, make us enthusiastic to promote Google Maps for Mobile to its subscribers. We believe this can help them find positions in the virtual map, perform search location, company and find your way, anytime anywhere. The customers of mobile services we now have the choice to no longer carry the map in print, "said Ririn Widaryani, Deputy Vice President, Product Lifecycle Management, Telkomsel, at the launch of Google Maps on Blitz Megaplex, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Wednesday (06/10/2010).
In addition to Telkomsel, local companies such as Urbanesia contribute content so users can find options for dining, shopping and enjoying the nightlife community and read reviews for those places, everything is in Google Maps.
"When the Indonesian users looking for companies, products and services on Google Maps, they will see a list of more than 220,000 local company that provided by Urbanesia," said Selina Limman, founder Urbanesia.com.
"The list includes company address, contact information, in many cases, community reviews, and the most important digital map where the company is located, with directions to get there," added Limman.
LewatMana, websites that provide information about traffic directly through the website on the desktop and mobile, also in cooperation with Google in the launch of Google Maps Indonesia.
"In LewatMana, we use the Google Maps API to show llau-traffic conditions directly on the main roads in Jakarta, as well as a video overlay traffic cameras and the location of traffic incidents were reported, such as flooding, closing roads and accidents," said Hendry Soelistyo, founder LewatMana.com site.
"Displaying all the information in the map gives the picture the latest traffic situation is accurate and fit a particular location, at any time every day to users and helps them in knowing the roads they should avoid because of traffic," added Soelistyo.
"The first reason we launched Google Maps Indonesia here is because the growth rate of Google users in Indonesia is very fast, also because the number of users who perform searching in Indonesia through mobile is very large compared to Southeast Asian countries other kinds of Thailand and Singapore," said Derek Callow , Head of Marketing, Google Southeast Asia.
By Sari, okezone.com, Updated: 06/10/2010 5:14 PM
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