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		<title>By: shoaib khan</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33390</link>
		<dc:creator>shoaib khan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HI.HOW I SEARCH THE MAPS OF PUKHTUNKHWA.PLZ INFORM ME ABOUT THIS.LOVE U ALL.Ss</description>
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		<title>By: ayyan ahmad</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33220</link>
		<dc:creator>ayyan ahmad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi.i m ayyan. and i want to see the all map s of our mob comp like warid. jazz u fone etc.if you do some thing.then i m very great full to you. Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi.i m ayyan. and i want to see the all map s of our mob comp like warid. jazz u fone etc.if you do some thing.then i m very great full to you. Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: ahsan ali h.sw.o pak</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33184</link>
		<dc:creator>ahsan ali h.sw.o pak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi do plz show me hyderabad sindh</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi do plz show me hyderabad sindh</p>
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		<title>By: zia ur rahman</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33177</link>
		<dc:creator>zia ur rahman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dears

Asalam-o-alakum

I have Need authentic map of Tehsil Rahim yar khan DIstrict Rahim yar khan Province Punjab Pakistan. I hope you will be provide me as soon as possible</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dears</p>
<p>Asalam-o-alakum</p>
<p>I have Need authentic map of Tehsil Rahim yar khan DIstrict Rahim yar khan Province Punjab Pakistan. I hope you will be provide me as soon as possible</p>
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		<title>By: zia ur rahman</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33176</link>
		<dc:creator>zia ur rahman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>nFinally the mapmaker content about Pakistan has graduated to the official Google Maps site. I have been enjoying these maps on my mobile for a few weeks now and last Friday, I noticed the maps were available on Google maps too. The people who have actually (and persistently) contributed to the Mapmaker, such as momers, haris, etc deserve a standing ovation for this. Some news agencies have also recognized their efforts. See herts good to see that this site is generating some dynamic interest. I have been using GPS for navigation for more than fifteen years now.
Here are a few facts I would like to share about using GPS in Pakistan.

Google Maps might be good for people in cities but they are rendered useless while on a highway where we go offline. Moreover, mobile phones are too small for clear vision while driving and laptops are not safe to be handled by drivers. I travel almost every month from up north to Karachi and back. The best choices I find in order of priority are units meant for cars or handheld units with reliable car mounts. I guess, for long runs, Google Maps are not a choice for me at all.

For the handheld or car mounted I am left with choices of offline maps (which can be stored in a device) from Naqsha.net and Open Street Maps.

Naqsha.net has some very good maps of our cities, highways and streets but they have a huge price tag. Moreover, the maps are not updated as often as they should be and some major important roads were missing when I traveled last month. The method of updating the users is still too primitive, one has to keep asking those guys about updates. Making and following routes in one of the major areas where major improvements are required.

The last option is to use offline Open Street Maps, but I have not tried that as yet. There are some very very easy methods to download these maps to your PC and use them in your GPS via some software like MapSource or or directly. But then again, I have had my experience with Naqsha.net and besides all the cons which I have mentioned and perhaps more which I still don’t know about, I am confident using these maps. They have brought me home so many times. I think, I would be justified in saying, “Naqsha.net has been my best co-pilot so far.”

Another choice to be considered are maps coming up from PkMaps. These guys have done some real good work voluntarily and soon they might overtake corporate sector in their professionalism. I haven’t used their maps on highways but their maps of major cities are awesome. The city details is where it leaves the Naqsha.net way behind. These maps are free of cost and extremely useful in cities, for now.

If I summarize my choices according to performance, without prejudice, the order would be:
For long routes
1. Naqsha.net (Routing might be a problem but positioning is excellent)
2. Open Street Maps
3. PkMaps
4. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)

For commuting in a city
1. Naqsha.net (excellent search and lots of points of interest)
2. PkMaps (where else would you find a 100% correct maps of Abbottabad)
3. Open Street Maps
3. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)

Despite putting Naqsha.net on top, I am not going to renew my update contract. Reason; the price. I can easily get something like that for free and there is a great chance (and potential that I see in PkMaps) that their maps might become even better with time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nFinally the mapmaker content about Pakistan has graduated to the official Google Maps site. I have been enjoying these maps on my mobile for a few weeks now and last Friday, I noticed the maps were available on Google maps too. The people who have actually (and persistently) contributed to the Mapmaker, such as momers, haris, etc deserve a standing ovation for this. Some news agencies have also recognized their efforts. See herts good to see that this site is generating some dynamic interest. I have been using GPS for navigation for more than fifteen years now.<br />
Here are a few facts I would like to share about using GPS in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Google Maps might be good for people in cities but they are rendered useless while on a highway where we go offline. Moreover, mobile phones are too small for clear vision while driving and laptops are not safe to be handled by drivers. I travel almost every month from up north to Karachi and back. The best choices I find in order of priority are units meant for cars or handheld units with reliable car mounts. I guess, for long runs, Google Maps are not a choice for me at all.</p>
<p>For the handheld or car mounted I am left with choices of offline maps (which can be stored in a device) from Naqsha.net and Open Street Maps.</p>
<p>Naqsha.net has some very good maps of our cities, highways and streets but they have a huge price tag. Moreover, the maps are not updated as often as they should be and some major important roads were missing when I traveled last month. The method of updating the users is still too primitive, one has to keep asking those guys about updates. Making and following routes in one of the major areas where major improvements are required.</p>
<p>The last option is to use offline Open Street Maps, but I have not tried that as yet. There are some very very easy methods to download these maps to your PC and use them in your GPS via some software like MapSource or or directly. But then again, I have had my experience with Naqsha.net and besides all the cons which I have mentioned and perhaps more which I still don’t know about, I am confident using these maps. They have brought me home so many times. I think, I would be justified in saying, “Naqsha.net has been my best co-pilot so far.”</p>
<p>Another choice to be considered are maps coming up from PkMaps. These guys have done some real good work voluntarily and soon they might overtake corporate sector in their professionalism. I haven’t used their maps on highways but their maps of major cities are awesome. The city details is where it leaves the Naqsha.net way behind. These maps are free of cost and extremely useful in cities, for now.</p>
<p>If I summarize my choices according to performance, without prejudice, the order would be:<br />
For long routes<br />
1. Naqsha.net (Routing might be a problem but positioning is excellent)<br />
2. Open Street Maps<br />
3. PkMaps<br />
4. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)</p>
<p>For commuting in a city<br />
1. Naqsha.net (excellent search and lots of points of interest)<br />
2. PkMaps (where else would you find a 100% correct maps of Abbottabad)<br />
3. Open Street Maps<br />
3. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)</p>
<p>Despite putting Naqsha.net on top, I am not going to renew my update contract. Reason; the price. I can easily get something like that for free and there is a great chance (and potential that I see in PkMaps) that their maps might become even better with time.</p>
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		<title>By: fawad jarral</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33163</link>
		<dc:creator>fawad jarral</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kindly show map of gujranwala.
plz provide me . i shall be very thaksfull to you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kindly show map of gujranwala.<br />
plz provide me . i shall be very thaksfull to you.</p>
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		<title>By: iqbal</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-33158</link>
		<dc:creator>iqbal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mujay sialkot street view ki kuch pic chaye .can any one help me</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mujay sialkot street view ki kuch pic chaye .can any one help me</p>
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		<title>By: aisha</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-32296</link>
		<dc:creator>aisha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi      
     i need the map of sheikhupura plz provide me.thnx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi<br />
     i need the map of sheikhupura plz provide me.thnx</p>
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		<title>By: sidra</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-31532</link>
		<dc:creator>sidra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 07:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>KINDLY SHOW D MAP OF BADAR DIST GUJRAT</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KINDLY SHOW D MAP OF BADAR DIST GUJRAT</p>
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		<title>By: sajid ali</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-31518</link>
		<dc:creator>sajid ali</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi i wanna be see my place ghotki so plz show me my ghotki place</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi i wanna be see my place ghotki so plz show me my ghotki place</p>
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		<title>By: Attaullah zehri Baloch</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-31427</link>
		<dc:creator>Attaullah zehri Baloch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 05:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Sir,


Asalam-o- Alekum


Still I m searching real map of tehsil Zehri district khuzdar balochistab but it is not available Google earth.
Kindly provide it on google earth.
with thanks and regards
attaullah baloch</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Sir,</p>
<p>Asalam-o- Alekum</p>
<p>Still I m searching real map of tehsil Zehri district khuzdar balochistab but it is not available Google earth.<br />
Kindly provide it on google earth.<br />
with thanks and regards<br />
attaullah baloch</p>
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		<title>By: ARZ MOHAMMAD</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-31309</link>
		<dc:creator>ARZ MOHAMMAD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi sir, Kindly show map of Jaffarabad Balochistan. 
plz provide me . i shall be very thaksfull to you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi sir, Kindly show map of Jaffarabad Balochistan.<br />
plz provide me . i shall be very thaksfull to you.</p>
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		<title>By: sharif ahmed khaloon</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-31047</link>
		<dc:creator>sharif ahmed khaloon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>please mail me the map of pakistan and specialy map of punjab city wise and lahore area wise with in today or max tomarrow
regrads</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>please mail me the map of pakistan and specialy map of punjab city wise and lahore area wise with in today or max tomarrow<br />
regrads</p>
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		<title>By: Attaullah Baloch</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-29622</link>
		<dc:creator>Attaullah Baloch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dears

Asalam-o-alakum

                   I have Need authentic map of U/Cs of Tehsil Zehri DIstrict Khuzdar Province Balochistan Pakistan. I hope you will be provide me as soon as possible</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dears</p>
<p>Asalam-o-alakum</p>
<p>                   I have Need authentic map of U/Cs of Tehsil Zehri DIstrict Khuzdar Province Balochistan Pakistan. I hope you will be provide me as soon as possible</p>
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		<title>By: shahid</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-26336</link>
		<dc:creator>shahid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi, pls show new map of lahore on google map. thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi, pls show new map of lahore on google map. thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Junaid</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-26191</link>
		<dc:creator>Junaid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Karachi maps is on google maps.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Karachi maps is on google maps.</p>
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		<title>By: Sayed Waqar Haider</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-25463</link>
		<dc:creator>Sayed Waqar Haider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My friends i need tips,about pak map.
and what time i am starting pc so where and what i can for some thing intrest on the net.I am just wasting time and money. thanks my lovely bloodly pakistanes brothers and friends.

Yours well wisher

Sayed Waqar Haider
sayedwaqarh@gmail.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My friends i need tips,about pak map.<br />
and what time i am starting pc so where and what i can for some thing intrest on the net.I am just wasting time and money. thanks my lovely bloodly pakistanes brothers and friends.</p>
<p>Yours well wisher</p>
<p>Sayed Waqar Haider<br />
<a href="mailto:sayedwaqarh@gmail.com">sayedwaqarh@gmail.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Yasir</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-24709</link>
		<dc:creator>Yasir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>tahir is very right. But pkmaps remains on top. They need volunteers just. Maps are really working on my E71 GPS. SO gals and guys you are strongly suggested to opt for pkmaps. Good Luck</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tahir is very right. But pkmaps remains on top. They need volunteers just. Maps are really working on my E71 GPS. SO gals and guys you are strongly suggested to opt for pkmaps. Good Luck</p>
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		<title>By: Tahir</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-24705</link>
		<dc:creator>Tahir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its good to see that this site is generating some dynamic interest. I have been using GPS for navigation for more than fifteen years now.
Here are a few facts I would like to share about using GPS in Pakistan.

Google Maps might be good for people in cities but they are rendered useless while on a highway where we go offline. Moreover, mobile phones are too small for clear vision while driving and laptops are not safe to be handled by drivers. I travel almost every month from up north to Karachi and back. The best choices I find in order of priority are units meant for cars or handheld units with reliable car mounts. I guess, for long runs, Google Maps are not a choice for me at all.

For the handheld or car mounted I am left with choices of offline maps (which can be stored in a device) from Naqsha.net and Open Street Maps.

Naqsha.net has some very good maps of our cities, highways and streets but they have a huge price tag. Moreover, the maps are not updated as often as they should be and some major important roads were missing when I traveled last month. The method of updating the users is still too primitive, one has to keep asking those guys about updates. Making and following routes in one of the major areas where major improvements are required.

The last option is to use offline Open Street Maps, but I have not tried that as yet. There are some very very easy methods to download these maps to your PC and use them in your GPS via some software like MapSource or or directly. But then again, I have had my experience with Naqsha.net and besides all the cons which I have mentioned and perhaps more which I still don’t know about, I am confident using these maps. They have brought me home so many times. I think, I would be justified in saying, “Naqsha.net has been my best co-pilot so far.”

Another choice to be considered are maps coming up from PkMaps. These guys have done some real good work voluntarily and soon they might overtake corporate sector in their professionalism. I haven’t used their maps on highways but their maps of major cities are awesome. The city details is where it leaves the Naqsha.net way behind. These maps are free of cost and extremely useful in cities, for now.

If I summarize my choices according to performance, without prejudice, the order would be:
For long routes
1. Naqsha.net (Routing might be a problem but positioning is excellent)
2. Open Street Maps
3. PkMaps
4. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)

For commuting in a city
1. Naqsha.net (excellent search and lots of points of interest)
2. PkMaps (where else would you find a 100% correct maps of Abbottabad)
3. Open Street Maps
3. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)

Despite putting Naqsha.net on top, I am not going to renew my update contract. Reason; the price. I can easily get something like that for free and there is a great chance (and potential that I see in PkMaps) that their maps might become even better with time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its good to see that this site is generating some dynamic interest. I have been using GPS for navigation for more than fifteen years now.<br />
Here are a few facts I would like to share about using GPS in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Google Maps might be good for people in cities but they are rendered useless while on a highway where we go offline. Moreover, mobile phones are too small for clear vision while driving and laptops are not safe to be handled by drivers. I travel almost every month from up north to Karachi and back. The best choices I find in order of priority are units meant for cars or handheld units with reliable car mounts. I guess, for long runs, Google Maps are not a choice for me at all.</p>
<p>For the handheld or car mounted I am left with choices of offline maps (which can be stored in a device) from Naqsha.net and Open Street Maps.</p>
<p>Naqsha.net has some very good maps of our cities, highways and streets but they have a huge price tag. Moreover, the maps are not updated as often as they should be and some major important roads were missing when I traveled last month. The method of updating the users is still too primitive, one has to keep asking those guys about updates. Making and following routes in one of the major areas where major improvements are required.</p>
<p>The last option is to use offline Open Street Maps, but I have not tried that as yet. There are some very very easy methods to download these maps to your PC and use them in your GPS via some software like MapSource or or directly. But then again, I have had my experience with Naqsha.net and besides all the cons which I have mentioned and perhaps more which I still don’t know about, I am confident using these maps. They have brought me home so many times. I think, I would be justified in saying, “Naqsha.net has been my best co-pilot so far.”</p>
<p>Another choice to be considered are maps coming up from PkMaps. These guys have done some real good work voluntarily and soon they might overtake corporate sector in their professionalism. I haven’t used their maps on highways but their maps of major cities are awesome. The city details is where it leaves the Naqsha.net way behind. These maps are free of cost and extremely useful in cities, for now.</p>
<p>If I summarize my choices according to performance, without prejudice, the order would be:<br />
For long routes<br />
1. Naqsha.net (Routing might be a problem but positioning is excellent)<br />
2. Open Street Maps<br />
3. PkMaps<br />
4. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)</p>
<p>For commuting in a city<br />
1. Naqsha.net (excellent search and lots of points of interest)<br />
2. PkMaps (where else would you find a 100% correct maps of Abbottabad)<br />
3. Open Street Maps<br />
3. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)</p>
<p>Despite putting Naqsha.net on top, I am not going to renew my update contract. Reason; the price. I can easily get something like that for free and there is a great chance (and potential that I see in PkMaps) that their maps might become even better with time.</p>
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		<title>By: Jawad Khan</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-24704</link>
		<dc:creator>Jawad Khan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can maps of almost any city in this website as well: 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.motors.pk/pakistan-road-maps.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;City Maps, Road Maps of Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can maps of almost any city in this website as well:<br />
<a href="http://www.motors.pk/pakistan-road-maps.php" rel="nofollow">City Maps, Road Maps of Pakistan</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mahmood Bin kafil</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-24690</link>
		<dc:creator>Mahmood Bin kafil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its good to see that this site is generating some dynamic interest. I have been using GPS for navigation for more than fifteen years now.
Here are a few facts I would like to share about using GPS in Pakistan.

Google Maps might be good for people in cities but they are rendered useless while on a highway where we go offline. Moreover, mobile phones are too small for clear vision while driving and laptops are not safe to be handled by drivers. I travel almost every month from up north to Karachi and back. The best choices I find in order of priority are units meant for cars or handheld units with reliable car mounts. I guess, for long runs, Google Maps are not a choice for me at all.

For the handheld or car mounted I am left with choices of offline maps (which can be stored in a device) from Naqsha.net and Open Street Maps.

Naqsha.net has some very good maps of our cities, highways and streets but they have a huge price tag. Moreover, the maps are not updated as often as they should be and some major important roads were missing when I traveled last month. The method of updating the users is still too primitive, one has to keep asking those guys about updates. Making and following routes in one of the major areas where major improvements are required.

The last option is to use offline Open Street Maps, but I have not tried that as yet. There are some very very easy methods to download these maps to your PC and use them in your GPS via some software like MapSource or or directly. But then again, I have had my experience with Naqsha.net and besides all the cons which I have mentioned and perhaps more which I still don&#039;t know about, I am confident using these maps. They have brought me home so many times. I think, I would be justified in saying, &quot;Naqsha.net has been my best co-pilot so far.&quot;

Another choice to be considered are maps coming up from PkMaps. These guys have done some real good work voluntarily and soon they might overtake corporate sector in their professionalism. I haven&#039;t used their maps on highways but their maps of major cities are awesome. The city details is where it leaves the Naqsha.net way behind. These maps are free of cost and extremely useful in cities, for now.

If I summarize my choices according to performance, without prejudice, the order would be:
For long routes
1. Naqsha.net (Routing might be a problem but positioning is excellent)
2. Open Street Maps
3. PkMaps
4. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)

For commuting in a city
1. Naqsha.net (excellent search and lots of points of interest)
2. PkMaps (where else would you find a 100% correct maps of Abbottabad)
3. Open Street Maps
3. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)

Despite putting Naqsha.net on top, I am not going to renew my update contract. Reason; the price. I can easily get something like that for free and there is a great chance (and potential that I see in PkMaps) that their maps might become even better with time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its good to see that this site is generating some dynamic interest. I have been using GPS for navigation for more than fifteen years now.<br />
Here are a few facts I would like to share about using GPS in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Google Maps might be good for people in cities but they are rendered useless while on a highway where we go offline. Moreover, mobile phones are too small for clear vision while driving and laptops are not safe to be handled by drivers. I travel almost every month from up north to Karachi and back. The best choices I find in order of priority are units meant for cars or handheld units with reliable car mounts. I guess, for long runs, Google Maps are not a choice for me at all.</p>
<p>For the handheld or car mounted I am left with choices of offline maps (which can be stored in a device) from Naqsha.net and Open Street Maps.</p>
<p>Naqsha.net has some very good maps of our cities, highways and streets but they have a huge price tag. Moreover, the maps are not updated as often as they should be and some major important roads were missing when I traveled last month. The method of updating the users is still too primitive, one has to keep asking those guys about updates. Making and following routes in one of the major areas where major improvements are required.</p>
<p>The last option is to use offline Open Street Maps, but I have not tried that as yet. There are some very very easy methods to download these maps to your PC and use them in your GPS via some software like MapSource or or directly. But then again, I have had my experience with Naqsha.net and besides all the cons which I have mentioned and perhaps more which I still don&#8217;t know about, I am confident using these maps. They have brought me home so many times. I think, I would be justified in saying, &#8220;Naqsha.net has been my best co-pilot so far.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another choice to be considered are maps coming up from PkMaps. These guys have done some real good work voluntarily and soon they might overtake corporate sector in their professionalism. I haven&#8217;t used their maps on highways but their maps of major cities are awesome. The city details is where it leaves the Naqsha.net way behind. These maps are free of cost and extremely useful in cities, for now.</p>
<p>If I summarize my choices according to performance, without prejudice, the order would be:<br />
For long routes<br />
1. Naqsha.net (Routing might be a problem but positioning is excellent)<br />
2. Open Street Maps<br />
3. PkMaps<br />
4. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)</p>
<p>For commuting in a city<br />
1. Naqsha.net (excellent search and lots of points of interest)<br />
2. PkMaps (where else would you find a 100% correct maps of Abbottabad)<br />
3. Open Street Maps<br />
3. Google Maps (this could be on top if we had these maps offline)</p>
<p>Despite putting Naqsha.net on top, I am not going to renew my update contract. Reason; the price. I can easily get something like that for free and there is a great chance (and potential that I see in PkMaps) that their maps might become even better with time.</p>
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		<title>By: Jamil Khan</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-12050</link>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Khan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Guys
I have garmin streetpilot which I bought in US, my hobby is to explore the world. I want to create tracks and routs and shre with others.Please help me to create tracks and routes in Garmin.my email is jamilbhi@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guys<br />
I have garmin streetpilot which I bought in US, my hobby is to explore the world. I want to create tracks and routs and shre with others.Please help me to create tracks and routes in Garmin.my email is <a href="mailto:jamilbhi@yahoo.com">jamilbhi@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Aqeel</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-11638</link>
		<dc:creator>Aqeel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 05:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finally the mapmaker content about Pakistan has graduated to the official Google Maps site. I have been enjoying these maps on my mobile for a few weeks now and last Friday, I noticed the maps were available on Google maps too. The people who have actually (and persistently) contributed to the Mapmaker, such as momers, haris, etc deserve a standing ovation for this. Some news agencies have also recognized their efforts. See here http://newzonfire.com/2009/05/24/pak-netizens-posting-data-google-map-maker-country/.

Many thanks guys. You made us proud.
Aqeel</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally the mapmaker content about Pakistan has graduated to the official Google Maps site. I have been enjoying these maps on my mobile for a few weeks now and last Friday, I noticed the maps were available on Google maps too. The people who have actually (and persistently) contributed to the Mapmaker, such as momers, haris, etc deserve a standing ovation for this. Some news agencies have also recognized their efforts. See here <a href="http://newzonfire.com/2009/05/24/pak-netizens-posting-data-google-map-maker-country/" rel="nofollow">http://newzonfire.com/2009/05/24/pak-netizens-posting-data-google-map-maker-country/</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks guys. You made us proud.<br />
Aqeel</p>
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		<title>By: Amir Hassam</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-11160</link>
		<dc:creator>Amir Hassam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 19:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Fellows,

I need the Pakistan,s Vector maps on .gst format. 
can anybody help me out.

I need it to use in a gps monitoring software.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Fellows,</p>
<p>I need the Pakistan,s Vector maps on .gst format.<br />
can anybody help me out.</p>
<p>I need it to use in a gps monitoring software.</p>
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		<title>By: Saad</title>
		<link>http://ideashut.com/idea/google-street-map-of-pakistan/#comment-9671</link>
		<dc:creator>Saad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi friends….
i am looking for a place of islamabad on google satellite view, but i cannot find. because pakistani peoples have no interest to make pakistan a globle city..
now, i request all of you my friends that we please upload any one fair information about our home city on internet or on satellite view of pakistan, this is a little try to make more and good information about Pakistan for the rest of the worl.. and try to make pakistan a golble city like other world..
i hope that all of you people to do some work for it..
thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi friends….<br />
i am looking for a place of islamabad on google satellite view, but i cannot find. because pakistani peoples have no interest to make pakistan a globle city..<br />
now, i request all of you my friends that we please upload any one fair information about our home city on internet or on satellite view of pakistan, this is a little try to make more and good information about Pakistan for the rest of the worl.. and try to make pakistan a golble city like other world..<br />
i hope that all of you people to do some work for it..<br />
thanks</p>
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