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AfriGIS Navigator (SA) now boasts Live Traffic, in proud partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic

The AfriGIS Navigator (South Africa) mobile application, trusted by over 150 thousand South Africans, now boasts Live Traffic with National Coverage, in proud partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic, leaders in providing intelligent, real-time traffic data to South African road users.
AfriGIS Navigator (SA) now boasts Live Traffic, in proud partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic
AfriGIS Navigator (SA) now boasts Live Traffic, in proud partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic
AfriGIS Navigator (SA) now boasts Live Traffic, in proud partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic
AfriGIS Navigator (SA) now boasts Live Traffic, in proud partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic

The state-of-the art app offers you a complete voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation system for your mobile device on data for South Africa. Experience 3D Navigation views and voice commands, switch to a bird's eye view with satellite imagery and find addresses and points of interest (POI) instantly using free text search.

"The launch of the long-anticipated AfriGIS Navigator with Traffic, in partnership with Altech Netstar Traffic, marks a major milestone and collaboration in terms of Navigation, Traffic Data & Applications in South Africa. Navigator users will find the built-in traffic features, like automatically adjusted routes and estimated time of arrival, with a national footprint, extremely convenient," says AfriGIS MD, Magnus Rademeyer.

Key benefits and features of AfriGIS Navigator with Traffic (South Africa) include:

  • Real-time traffic updates every 5 minutes
  • Automatically adjusts ETA based on live traffic conditions
  • Selects the best route based on live traffic conditions
  • Offers you a bird's eye view of the traffic conditions
  • Unique Inbox feature
  • NATIONAL coverage
  • Coming soon: Incident, road work, traffic light failure, road closure and extreme weather alerts

"After intensive testing, data probing and fine tuning, we are delighted that AfriGIS selected Altech Netstar Traffic as their provider of real time, intelligent traffic information. With impeccable data quality, a dedicated team of traffic journalists, and a wide range of congestion information and alerts, Altech Netstar Traffic provides best-in-class information to the AfriGIS Navigator platform nationally," says Harry Louw, Managing Director of the Altech Netstar Group.

The AfriGIS Navigator with Traffic (South Africa) application is built on the specific operating system of your phone, leveraging the unique features of your handset. The application makes use the AfriGIS Navigation Server via the mobile Internet, integrated with the comprehensive AfriGIS map set, to provide dynamic, 3D navigation views and voice commands. AfriGIS is a renowned data provider with a selection of more than 20 datasets, used by customers worldwide.

AfriGIS Navigator (South Africa) with LIVE Traffic supports GPS enabled BlackBerry smartphones.
Download now! http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/17843323/?lang=en

AfriGIS Navigator with Traffic coming soon to: Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile and other Java enabled smartphones and devices.

20 Nov 2012 10:33

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