MapNTL.com hits 106,000 kilometres Highway in Nigeria
MapNTL.com, the award-winning Nigerian online driving route planner that was launched in October 2007, has now been extended to include over 106,000 kilometers of national highway across Nigeria effectively covering the circumference of the Earth more than twice..
With this development, it is now possible for visitors to the website to enter any two cities across Nigeria to generate a driving route map
and journey time between them. Ireti Ajala, founder of MapNTL.com, said:
“We are absolutely delighted with the response MapNTL has received. Embassies in Nigeria now give a link to our website to their nationals who wish to visit Nigeria for the first time to help them find their ways to their hotels from airport, ATMs, restaurants, offices etc”.
For this reason MapNTL.com is keen to work with both the public and private sector, Anthony Lawrence ; MapNTL’s Business Development
Manager said: “We’d love to work with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Federal Road Safety Corp, LASTMA, LAMATA, LAGBUS, Banks, Hotels, Restaurant owners, retail marketing companies, advertising companies and transport owners. The Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation for instance must realise that spending millions
of naira to beautify tourist attractions like Olumo Rock, Yankari Games Reserve, Obudu Ranch, and others will not get tourists to these spots if they do not how to get there. Potential tourists could be encouraged to visit more places if they are given precise driving directions to these attractions using interactive map facilities like
MapNTL.com We can work to implement interactive map on any website in Nigeria to give driving direction across Nigeria”
By Ireti Alaja – Nigeria
what really is the purpose of mapntl.com? What is your business model? Are you trying to provide a yellowpage directory service or what?
MapNTL.com is more than a yellow page or business directory, we aim to add location element to our business directory and that is what sets us apart from the traditional business directory companies like Nigeria Yellow Page.
Most Business Directories in Nigeria only provide basic details about the companies listed in their database. It is up to the individual to act on the limited information provided.
MapNTL.com seeks to take this further by removing the complexities associated with getting direction to each of the over 25,000 businesses listed in our database.
We provide visitors to our website accurate turn by turn driving direction from any point A to point B in Lagos from the comfort of their homes or offices where internet connection is available. Routes are calculated based on either “shortest” or “Quickest” options.
Businesses like Restaurants, Hotels, Shopping malls, Banks, ATMs, etc know that their success depends largely on their customers physically visiting their outlets. So if you have a business in Lagos, however your visitors choose to reach you whether travelling on foot, by car or both, MapNTL’s routing service makes it easier for them to get to you and increases the likelihood that your online customers will visit your stores, ATMs, Banks, Restaurants, dealerships, hotels and other locations. Directions can be displayed as a highlighted path on a map and as a table of clear instructions with timings and distances.
This link here (http://mapntl.com/directions/find_maps.asp?start=TANTALIZERS+-ALLEN+AVE++%28IKEJA%29&end=Ilupeju+Bye-Pass+++++-ILUPEJU&confirm=NEXT&y1=6.60661&x1=3.34915&y2=6.54547&x2=3.35922&RouteType2=McQuickest2&dUnit2=Kilometers2) is a driving direction generated on MapNTL.com showing the route from Ilupeju to Tantalizers at Allen Avenue -Ikeja. It calculates the total distance in the route to be about 8.23 miles. The map is fully interactive with advanced zoom in and out capabilities. Zooming in will reveal street names and other business locations. We also have other details such as contact phone number and a description of each menu served at Tantalizers just in case you wish to call ahead and order using the phone.
So looking at it critically, we can say we provide end to end business contact for all the businesses listed on our website and we add serious value to them compared to the traditional business directory. The othe rgoodnews is that we map th elocation of ANY business and show its location on our digital interactuve map free of charge -what more can any serious business owner want?
The service is available for Lagos at the moment.