About Map IT

WHO WE ARE MapIT is the leading supplier of quality digital maps of Sub-Saharan Africa. Clients use our spatial data for vehicle tracking, fleet management, emergency services, web mapping, business planning, market analysis, geo-marketing, call centre solutions and mobile applications. MapIT was established seven years ago, providing digital map data to the local market. The successes in South Africa enabled us to expand our coverage and we are now the leading provider of comprehensive maps of Sub-Saharan Africa. The consistency, innovation and accuracy of our digital mapping activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and subsequent expansion into Africa, attracted the interest of Tele Atlas, the world's most trusted source of digital maps. Avusa Limited owns a 51% share of MapIT through New Holland Publishing and Tele Atlas now owns the remaining 49%. Thanks to new technologies and a constantly expanding global community, MapIT and Tele Atlas are together able to deliver the most accurate maps more efficiently and more frequently, setting a new industry standard for digital mapping. Tele Atlas has integrated MapIT's extensive mapping data into their global database and enhanced it using their sophisticated and innovative technology, so we are able to provide our clients with map data of international standards, resulting in a superior end-product.
Who is Avusa? Avusa Limited is the pre-eminent South African media and entertainment organisation. Through its varied brand offerings, it creates, innovates and delivers both media and entertainment content across a range of consumer platforms. Avusa owns 51% of MapIT through its wholly owned subsidiary, New Holland Publishing. Avusa is listed on the JSE, Africa's premier securities exchange.

Who is Tele Atlas? Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power some of the world's most essential navigation and location-based services. Tele Atlas offers digital map coverage of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, including Sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly 2,500 staff and cartographers at offices in 24 countries use a sophisticated network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans and more than 50,000 data resources to deliver highly accurate and up-to-date digital maps. Bringing the Tele Atlas advantage to you The Tele Atlas advantage brings their industry-leading technology and more than 20 years of extensive experience in creating the most accurate maps in the world to MapIT's clients. Tele Atlas create their maps using data derived from a combination of 50 000 trusted sources, including satellite and aerial imagery, topographical maps, public data, government agencies and ground-based mobile mapping vans. Tele Atlas are leaders in innovation. They developed the first in-vehicle navigation system, delivered the first navigable digital road map of Europe, and were the first to deliver 3D city maps and landmarks. Click here to download the Tele Atlas Brochure

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