Indian Maps with Driving Directions

Yahoo! Maps provides driving directions for Indian roads. This is a major accomplishment in my opinion giving the complex network of roads that we have in India.

Given below is the driving directions from the Bangalore HAL Airport to MG Road. Quite impressive I might say. Click on the image to get the Yahoo! Maps page for the same.

From Yahoo’s site:

In India, we drive a little differently. We drive on the left. Or the right, if the left is occupied. We also give directions a little differently. “Third right after the big banyan tree on your left” might leave many bemused, but is guaranteed to lead the lost, out here.

We’ll tell you directions with landmarks to watch out for while taking turns. We’ll also tell you how many turns come before the one you have to make. So, go and take this feature out for a test drive and tell us what you think. If you, like us, spend a good portion of our lives arguing with auto rickshaw drivers on the correct fare, then you’ll be pleased to see the auto fare calculation along with the driving directions. Enough said. Time for you to take a serious look at making http://in.maps.yahoo.com/Kargil%20to%20Kanyakumari, this trip. 115 steps on the map, but a journey of a lifetime.

Some slick things that you may notice:

• Directions for all of India (well, wherever we have data) and wherever US Maps works.
• Auto rickshaw fares ( A three wheeler Cab that we use to commute )
• Directions in SMS/Text ( You’ve heard that a lot of people in India have mobiles, right? )
• One search box and hence multi way points ( such as this one http://in.maps.yahoo.com/#?addr=delhi%20to%20bombay%20to%20bangalore )