MapmyIndia seeks govt push to preload its Mappls app on smartphones

Mappls navigation and mapping services data are already used by Apple for Apple Maps, but Android devices use Google Maps

CE Info Systems, the parent firm of home-grown mapping and navigation service MapmyIndia, has urged the government to persuade smartphone makers to preload its app -- Mappls -- alongside Google Maps on their devices being made in India. 

It will give consumers the option of choosing the maps they want, instead of being limited to using Google Maps, the Indian firm said.

 

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw praised the app recently, calling it a “great swadeshi app”.

 

An agreement was also decided between the Indian Railways and the company for using the app’s technology by the country’s rail network, co-founder, chairman