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How To Use GIS For Road Infrastructure Planning

How To Use GIS For Road Infrastructure Planning
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Road infrastructure plays a vital role in supporting economic growth and improving the quality of life for citizens. GIS technology is advantageous in planning and managing the development of roads. In this blog, we discuss applications of GIS for road infrastructure. In a developing country like India, urban planning and overall development greatly includes road […]

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Enhancing Road Safety in India One Step At A Time

Enhancing Road Safety in India One Step At A Time
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When we were young, my friends and I loved jumping and splashing in the many potholes that lined our roads. In our tiny world, the pothole was a massive lake for our paper boats to cruise in. But now, we all realize how dangerous potholes are, and how it severely affects the road safety in […]

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How Real-time Mapping App Changes The Way You Drive in India

How Real-time Mapping App Changes The Way You Drive in India
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Imagine taking your grandparents on a ride in your new car, and Wham! They bumped their head on the car’s roof because you jumped a nasty bump.  Sadly, this is a far too common occurrence on our roads. Whether you are driving a car or on a bicycle, potholes on your route can be anywhere […]

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Mapping India… At A Pace That Is Needed

Mapping India… At A Pace That Is Needed
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When it comes to mapping India – a country that is vast and with a lot of different terrains, a lot of things are involved. Mapping is not only about getting the longitudes and latitudes. A lot of content goes into location-based services that are offered.  We at Intents Mobi are working on enriching the […]

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Making Better Maps for India

Making Better Maps for India
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“Set it up before you get in the car and I start driving”, said my dad as I struggled to open the stiff plastic flap with my tiny fingers on his Pocket PC to plug in the GPS aerial. We didn’t need the maps. This was our annual trip to my maternal grandparents’ place and […]

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Swapping the boots for safer roads

Swapping the boots for safer roads
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Of the time I have spent traversing our road networks, a major fraction has been on two wheels. To me, cars have been little more than a tool to serve a function, motorcycles have been more. More than a decade and almost 80K kms later, there is still a charm that pulls me back to […]

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The silver lining in these life changing times
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We started our journey with Intents Mobi with the objective to save lives on the road. From our day to day life, to the products we have been working on, road safety has been the common denominator. There are close to 5,00,000 accidents on Indian roads, leading to almost 1,50,000 fatalities, every year. That is […]

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More than 11,000 deaths due to speed breakers and potholes alone

More than 11,000 deaths due to speed breakers and potholes alone
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Wikipedia describes speed bumps as “Traffic calming devices that use vertical deflection to slow motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve safety conditions.” However, to many of us, this statement might sound a bit ironic. In all the time we have been driving, I am sure most of us would have faced moments of panic when […]

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