Digital Egypt
Get the News by email
Digital Egypt is behind one of the most detailed maps of Egypt, available both in English and in Arabic.The GIS web application is incredibly detailed. Schools and universities, banks and gas stations, mosques and churches – no stone has been left unturned in Digital Egypt’s maps.
When it comes to the English interface, Digital Egypt opt’s for the more traditional spelling of Arabic names. Any Cairo resident who’s tried to use Google Maps knows what an effort it can be to try to figure out how a street name is spelled in English. Digital Egypt takes the guessing game out of the equation and makes it easy to find your location instantly.
In addition to looking up exact coordinates using Digital Egypt’s maps, you can also measure the exact distance between two locations, as well as look up all businesses of a specific category within one area. What you can’t do, however, is get directions. Until Digital Egypt incorporates this functionality, Google Maps will continue to dominate a significant part of the market.
Digital Egypt will offer the option to take high resolution virtual tours of tourist locations and businesses alike. For real estate and retail businesses, Digital Egypt gives customers an easy way to explore purchase options without ever leaving their homes.
It also plans to provide live feeds, giving users a means of finding real-time traffic jam free routes, a feature which any Cairo resident would be happy to have.
Related posts:
