Pakistan's first in-car navigation system

LAHORE (PR) - Tracking World (Pvt) Ltd and Data Solutions (Pvt) Ltd have announced Pakistan’s first full-featured personal and in-car navigation system. Based on Tracking World’s experience of more than five years in Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), and Data Solutions’ 11 years of expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the two companies have joined hands to introduce a product that many did not think was possible in Pakistan for several years. Indeed, it will take most Pakistanis by surprise.
Appropriately called the Pakistan Navigator, the product employs Garmin’s world renowned and trend-setting array of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices as its hardware platform. Based on live data from up to 11 satellites in orbit around the earth, a GPS device calculates its position - latitude, longitude, altitude - on earth and displays it on a screen. The Pakistan Navigator then plots that location on a detailed map of Pakistan, which includes streets and small towns. It thus shows a user his or her exact location on the map.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as Pakistan Navigator can do infinitely more. It guides the user from any point in Pakistan to any other point by drawing a highlighted route on the map. It shows the user all the mosques, schools, parks, restaurants, petrol stations, banks, ATMs and many other points-of-interest (PoI) near the users current location or any other chosen location. Restaurants are also categorised according to the type of cuisine they serve. Once the user selects a PoI, Pakistan Navigator then guides the user in real-time via screen and voice prompts through every road and every turn. An icon of a vehicle constantly moves on the screen, showing the user his or her exact location on the road and a voice prompt says, for example, “In 200 meters, turn right on Mall Road.” The GPS device can be installed in any vehicle, including motorcycles and bicycles, or carried around in hand while walking.