A good summary post by Shahid Saeed on the topic of automotive navigation in Pakistan appeared recently at Pakistaniat and other blogs. Last year I spent some time evaluating the feasibility of making the portable navigation devices ‘connected’ in US and EU. By including a SIM in these gps based devices, one could combine location based features with search and other internet functionality. The idea was good but the market was not ready for that - the main factors were the high cost of data and the competition from mobile phones, which now have almost the same functionality as a stand-alone portable navigation device. In the US the phone companies are making a lot of money by offering network based navigation (turn-by-turn directions) services on the phone.
These pictures are via Sahid’s post. He writes: these picturers show a drive from my home in Rawalpindi to Jinnah Super Market in Islamabad. The maps were of course not up to date, but will provide a relief to somebody new in the city.
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