Spatial Technologies Unveils MapNTL.com, Nigeria’s Online Map

A revolutionary online street finder is now available for the use of over 10million Nigerian internet users. This portal provides easy answer to what is where in Lagos?
The website www.mapntl.com simply called MapNTL.com, is arguably Nigeria’s most extensive online map portal which like the legendary Google map allows internet users to find any street by name and see its location on a digital map.
MapNTL.com is also useful in searching for the location of over 50,000 businesses in Lagos. Visitors to the website can also get street-by-street driving direction from any business to anywhere in Lagos.
MapNTL.com according to Ireti Ajala the Founder of the website contains “over  400,000 streets in Lagos and 50,000 business locations categorised into ATMs, banks, restaurants, hotels, shopping plazas, major offices and markets, etc.
MapNTL.com which won 2008 RIMA Foundation as the best mapping solution in Nigeria award is owned by Spatial Technologies Ltd, Nigeria’s foremost GIS solution provider and supplier of accurate digital maps and GIS data.
Anthony Lawrence, business development manager of Spatial Technologies told Nigeria CommunicationsWeek that MapNTL.com, provides the very best in online mapping services and data.
According to him, in the past, shoppers looking for businesses near their home or work in Lagos typically asked their friends, colleagues or neighbours.
He said that with over 10million internet users in Nigeria and more people getting connected everyday, many in Lagos now head directly to their computers and go online instead to search for business information and directions to business locations.
“Today's bank customers expect to be able to find their nearest branch or ATM quickly and easily. Mapping and location-based services are essential elements of many business websites. Online businesses, such as banking, restaurants, etc find that accurate and content-rich location information instills confidence and removes barriers to making a transaction. This perhaps explains why institutions like Mastercard, Barclays, HSBC, etc are partnering with Google Map,” he added.