Perspectives

Here in India, we speak several hundred languages amongst the billion of us. Even the Government officially recognizes 23 of them. No single person can possibly learn all Indian Languages in his lifetime and so, most of us make do with a few. Yahoo! India Maps ( http://in.maps.yahoo.com ) is no exception. After sitting through a lot of language courses, Yahoo! India Maps has now learnt to speak nine languages (Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Oriya, Kannada & Malayalam) apart from English. Watch out for the “Vernacular” button along with “Map”, “Satellite” and “Hybrid” buttons to see an area in it’s primary language. We have covered the major cities and towns and will expand the “Language Map view” to other regions in the time to come.

Personally, Maps in vernacular languages is magical for me. Because for once, my Grand-moms and Grand-dads will get to see and understand what I do all day long sitting at Yahoo!.

We have also released “Walking directions” along with this push. If you are the one who walks, You could simply type a query like “Walk from Yahoo! egl bangalore to Yahoo! MG road, bangalore”. Alternatively, You could also choose the “Walk this Route” link on the right pane when you have driving directions.