Ola Electric launches Ola Maps in India with turn-by-turn navigation, live location tracking, more: Check details

Ola Electric launched Ola Maps in India today. This new app is available in Ola's electric scooters and its cabs running across the country.

Published By: Shweta Ganjoo | Published: Jul 08, 2024, 05:30 PM (IST)

Highlights

  • Ola Electric launched Ola Maps in India today.
  • Ola Maps is available as a part of MoveOS 4.
  • Ola Maps is available in Ola Cabs and Ola electric scooters.

Ola Maps launched in India: Ola Electric launched indigenously built navigation service, Ola Maps in India today. The newly launched Ola Maps is built on Krutrim, which is a generative AI-based assistant developed by Ola. Also Read: What is NemBharat now to take on Ola, Uber after Bharat Taxi launch

"After Azure exit, it's time for Indian developers to Exit Google Maps. 1 YEAR FREE access to all developers to Ola Maps on Krutrim more than Rs 100Cr in free credits," Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) announcing the development. Also Read: ‘Pay Rs 500, become co-owner’: Bharat Taxi’s Amul-style model explained by Amit Shah

Ola Maps top features

Here are the top features offered by Ola Maps: Also Read: Amit Shah launches Bharat Taxi App in India to challenge Ola, Uber, and Rapido: What's different?

-- Ola has aggregated data for Ola Maps from its fleet of Ola S1's equipped with 360 cameras, open-source government data repositories, OpenStreetMap, partnerships and other proprietary sources. The company says that in the past one year it has contributed a total of 5.43 million edits to Open Street Maps.

-- Ola Maps offers preference-based routing feature, which tailors routes to a user's and the vehicle preferences. It also offers popularity-based routing that suggests commonly used paths.

-- Ola Maps also supports real-time speed predictions and historical speed predictions that provide accurate ETAs taking into account obstructions and road closures. It also suggests routes that are free from disruptions.

-- The Nearby Search feature lets users find locations within a specified area.

Image: Ola Electric

-- Ola Maps supports a feature called Directions, which provides turn-by-turn navigation instructions to guide users from their starting point to their destination.

-- ETA calculates the Estimated Time of Arrival based on a user's current location and historical traffic data to provide accurate travel times.

-- Snap to Road aligns user-reported positions to the nearest road, correcting any GPS inaccuracies to reflect real-world driving paths.

-- Map Matching feature in Ola Maps ensures that GPS traces are accurately aligned with the road network by matching them to the correct paths on the map.

-- Multi Stop Routing enables users to plan and navigate routes with multiple destinations, optimising the order of stops for efficiency.

-- Live Location lets users share their love location with other users.

-- Traffic Signals feature shows users all the points where they will encounter a traffic light in their route.

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