TPL Maps, Pakistan’s first designed mapping service has signed an agreement with Travly, a local startup providing transportation and logistics service, where now TPL Maps will become the official navigator for Travly’s drivers.
This partnership is a first step towards building the Maps ecosystem in Pakistan, and highlights the fact that local startups are now willing to adopt home made technology.
“We are aggressively working with local incubators and startups to provide customized digital mapping solutions and this partnership is one of the many such alliances which will contribute to a more digital Pakistan.” – Adeel Hashmi, Head of TPL Maps.
This is TPL Maps first partnership with a transport providing service. The company sees it as a great opportunity to get in to an emerging market, which not only allows it to reach out to new users, but also creates a healthy business environment, where local startups and local businesses can combine their expertise for mutual growth and benefit.
“We’re excited to collaborate with TPL Maps to enable real-time intelligent routing and turn-by-turn navigation option in our system for an effective dispatching. Furthermore, we will contribute to this locally developed digital mapping solution by providing POIs gathered by Travly over the course of time.” – Shahmir Khan, Co-Founder & CEO Travly
Pakistan’s technology incubator, Plan9 played its major role in bringing the two local companies together. By partnering with Pakistan’s independent map provider and leveraging on its best-in-class location data, Travly is now all set to get new grounds and be the pioneer in one-stop ground transportation and logistics solutions in the country.
