Yahoo! Maps in Indian local languages

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Yahoo! India has introduced a new service for the first time in India that maps and directions details are available in Indian local languages. Apart from English as the default language, users can also experience the service in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi. This is available on the existing yahoo! India maps at in.maps.yahoo.com. Features of this service are - Maps in local language of the place with a user friendly display, provides driving directions from any point, which is available via email, SMS and web, displays prominent landmarks, utility services such as ATMs, hospitals, restaurants, banks, tourist spots etc.

Yahoo! India users can search for directions across 179 cities, 4647 towns and 226114 villages. Users can also search for over 3 million points of interest already marked by internet users from around the word.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.