LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s DiaDiem Joint Stock Company yesterday launched the first 3-D map view of HCM City on its website and the iPhone platform.

“We at Diadiem.com are proud to serve Vietnamese consumers with Asia’s first 3D mapping technology on the web and iPhone”.

“We at Diadiem.com are proud to serve Vietnamese consumers with Asia’s first 3D mapping technology on the web and iPhone,” said Tran Duc Thang, founder and CEO of DiaDiem JSC.

The company has been working with various partners to build useful applications that can be enriched with innovative mapping technologies.

One example of this is the real-estate section using digital map to pinpoint a location of a rental or house for sale. Another application, “Taxi, Book it now! TM”, is scheduled for DiaDiem’s mobile and web platform later this quarter.

Henry Nguyen, the Managing General Partner of IDG Ventures Vietnam, DiaDiem’s long-time partner and investor, said: “We are proud to support DiaDiem on its continuous innovations to help people navigate Viet Nam’s streets and find locations easier. In order to satisfy such essential information needs, DiaDiem is truly going beyond the internet to outreach mobile and offline users.”

The 3D map enables users to understand the size and perspective of buildings and surrounding areas.

DiaDiem adds a main feature that helps find out a user’s current location using a non-GPS phone or GPS phone. This helps locate the point of interest closest to the user or getting directions to another location without entering the current location address.

Map search can find a location or directions by entering an address, point of interest, or a phone number.

A directory search function can search for a company, category or a person by using proprietary server technology to look for millions of records.

Thang said he expected to offer 3D maps of Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Can Tho by the year’s end.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News