Marking a first for the region’s mapping and LBS (location-based services) industry, South African digital mapping enabler mapIT has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with deCarta that will enable mapIT to provide an integrated digital mapping offering running on deCarta’s acclaimed LBS platform.
Says Etienne Louw, MD of mapIT: “Our agreement with deCarta complimented by our partnership with shareholder TomTom Africa, whose portfolio includes digital maps as well as the most accurate realtime and historical traffic products, effectively sees us entering a new era in the provision of our international value offering to the Southern African marketplace. And together with deCarta- the world’s foremost LBS provider – it greatly enhances our digital mapping services to customers. Indeed, mapIT is now a one-stop-shop for companies looking to develop their own customised LBS.”
“deCarta is pleased to power this integrated LBS solution for mapIT’s clients and system integration partners,” says Armin Fendrich, Vice President Sales – EMEA, of deCarta. “With this exclusive package, also including features such as aggregated traffic and hyperlocal media, businesses no longer have to worry about developing LBS oriented solutions and then integrating the mapping functionality afterwards; it’s all done up front.”
The deCarta agreement will make it possible for Sub-Saharan Africa companies to have free access, during the development phase, to a wide range of LBS application programming interfaces (APIs) and services hosted in mapIT’s datacentre from March onwards. mapIT will then provide hosting services for their production applications. In addition, mapIT will resell deCarta’s Drill Down Server (DDS) products.
Check out the mapIT desktop portal in action here
By now you’ve probably noticed that things have changed around here. The new DevZone was designed to offer you all the information you need about our APIs and other services that enable you to quickly build location-aware applications.
Here are some of the APIs available to you:
JavaScript API
The deCarta JavaScript API V2 is a lightweight, HTML5 compliant framework for smart phone browsers such as iPhone Safari, Android Browser, Bada Wave, JIL, Opera Mobile and Opera Widgets. Learn more.
Android API
The deCarta Android API provides a flexible Java framework for integrating rich Map UI using either OpenGL or Canvas for rendering the interface. Learn more.
iOS API
The deCarta iOS API is a flexible Objective-C framework for integrating rich mapping UIs with routing and local search components for any iOS application. Learn more.
bada API
deCarta and Samsung bada provide an easy to use platform for developers to create their own applications for Samsung mobile devices. Powered by decarta's DDS Web Services, the bada platform allows you to develop location-based prototype applications for free! Learn more.
Java J2ME API
The deCarta J2ME API offer a flexible JavaME framework for integrating rich Mapping UI with Routing and Local Search components to any J2ME application. This API was heavily used by contestants and the winner of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge. Learn more.
MapSearch Engine
deCarta’s MapSearch Engine provides a competitive single line, local search alternative to Google Maps™. Search address and point of interest data sourced from our content partners or overlay your own searchable content onto the map. Learn more.
