MapNTL.com hits 106,000 kilometres National Highway in Nigeria
-June 2008
With this development, it is now possible for visitors to the website to enter any two cities across Nigeria to generate a driving route map and journey time between them.
Following the successful Lagos launch, MapNTL now offers its unique route maps across Nigeria’s national highway using accurate transport network mapping data supplied by Spatial Technologies Ltd. The mapping data contains intelligent Routing Information (RI) such as direction of traffic flow, maximum speed, turn restrictions and one-ways across Nigeria’s national highway network.
MapNTL.com is proving that Nigerians do appreciate well thought-out interactive map solutions. With over 100,000 visits to the site each month, visitors are keen to get to their destinations across Lagos and Nigeria without getting lost. The rising fuel cost in Nigeria certainly makes it practical for motorists to know before hand how to get to their destinations and avoid getting lost in the crowded streets of Lagos or wasting petrol on a merry go round.
Private Business owners and decision makers are also realizing that however their visitors choose to reach them, whether traveling on foot, by car or both, MapNTL's routing service makes it easier for their customers to get to them and increases the likelihood that their online customers will visit their stores, ATMs, Banks, Restaurants, dealerships, hotels and other locations. Directions can be displayed as a highlighted path on a map and as a table of clear instructions with timings and distances.
As at June 2008 visitors to MapNTL have generated an astonishing 300,000 kilometers of driving routes across Lagos streets and Nigeria’s national highway. Each route includes a turn by turn driving instruction, an estimate of the distance covered in each segment of the journey and the time taken to cover the entire journey.
MapNTL’s team has calculated that if every route generated since October 2007 had been driven at a medium speed, the site's visitors would have driven several times round the earth
Ireti Ajala, founder of MapNTL.com, said:
“We’re absolutely delighted with the response MapNTL has received. More and more people are realizing that knowing the turn by turn direction they need to take to get to their destination even before they embark on their journey is a smart choice. Embassies in Nigeria now give a link to our website to their nationals who wish to visit Nigeria for the first time to help them find their ways to their hotels from Muritala Muhammed International airport, ATMs, restaurants, offices and others. Thousands of routes are generated every week from Muritala Muhammed International airport to such hotels as Sheraton, Airport hotel, Sofitel, Eko Hotel, Federal Palace hotel, La Porche, and others. With MapNTL you can arrive safely at your destination anywhere in Nigeria without getting lost– what more could you ask for?”
For this reason MapNTL.com is keen to work with both the public and private sector, Anthony Lawrence –MapNTL’s Business Development Manager said:
“We’d love to work with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Federal Road Safety Corp, LASTMA, LAMATA, LAGBUS, Banks, Hotels, Restaurant owners, retail marketing companies, advertising companies and transport owners. The Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation for instance must realise that spending millions of naira to beautify tourist attractions like Olumo Rock, Yankari Games Reserve, Obudu Ranch, and others will not get tourists to these spots if they do not how to get to their. Potential tourists could be encouraged to visit more places if they are given precise driving directions to these attractions. It makes absolute sense therefore for players in the tourism and hospital industry in Nigeria to provide interactive online mapping services on their websites that will help tourists get around and experience first hand Nigeria’s legendary hospitality. This is what tourist empowerment is all about. MapNTL can therefore work with The Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation and private companies in empowering both Nigerians and visitors to Nigeria to get accurate driving direction to all those special places from just about anywhere in Nigeria"
About MapNTL
MapNTL is Nigeria’s most popular online interactive mapping portal, offering a range of free, useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level maps of Lagos, driving direction to businesses, places, landmarks, cities, Nigeria's National Highway mapping data. We provide online point-to-point driving directions and routing services to guide our visitors to different categories of businesses and tourist attractions whose locations are shown on our interactive map.
For more details please contact:
Anthony Lawrence (Business Development Manager)
Anthony.lawrence@mapntl.com
Lagos Office: +23418533497
UK Office: +442380321427
website: www.mapntl.com
About STL
STL is Nigeria’s foremost mapping and GIS consulting company with offices in Lagos and UK. We specialize in developing geospatial databases and solutions about Nigeria for the Nigerian market. Some of our clients include UBA PLC, G4S Tracking, iPNX, EIF tracking, ICSL, etc. We have extensive experience in collecting and processing data from geographic information sources as digitized maps, satellite imageries and aerial data. STL is seriously investing in what is now regarded as Nigeria's largest geo-spatial database by any private company.
For digital map purchase send a mail to info@spatialtechnologiesltd.com
Visit www.spatialtechnologiesltd.com for more information