Browsing the internet, one can now view a virtual map of the country in English and other Indian languages and move into the local locality or identify the required spot, thanks to a prototype multilingual interactive digital map developed by the Microsoft Research India in collaboration with the Science and Technology Department.
Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal unveiled the map, the first of its kind prototype, at the first annual research symposium of Microsoft Research India.
The prototype, which would be available for browsing in a couple of days, would initially give details about Bangalore, though the political map of the country was also available.
Microsoft Research India Managing Director P Anandan, talking to newspersons here, said the digitalised multilingual map, available in Hindi, Kannada and Tami,l besides English would be provided in other languages also as and when the necessary tools were available The Map had been developed with inputs provided by the Survey of India.
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