Comments on: Localized services for Pakistan?

By: Adnan Siddiqi

Adnan Siddiqi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:23:49 +0000

tinyurl.com/28kq9u

By: Adnan Ali

Adnan Ali — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:10:09 +0000

Adnan: What video are you referring to?

By: Adnan Siddiqi

Adnan Siddiqi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:38:11 +0000

SelfExile: Thanks for Sharing Paktive.com. What an awesome App!- Thanks for share!

By: Self Exile

Self Exile — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:40:57 +0000

Okay, there are many useless local business directories out there. But there are one serious player too:

1. PhoneBook (phonebook.com.pk)

This site is not using an obsolete php script as far as i know. And have got some potential. Research is left on Green & White as we are just informers and you are our reporters

2. PakTive (paktive.com)

Landmarks, restaurants, parks, services and businesses for Islamabad. With integrated google maps. (i have done a restaurant b2c portal of belgium/netherlands with integrated google maps; so i know a little about this and i can say that this guy has done very fine programming for integrating googe maps). I highly recommend Green & White to talk to profile this site.

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(disclaimer: i have literally no relationship/contact with the above 2 sites)

By: Adnan Siddiqi

Adnan Siddiqi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:08:00 +0000

@Adnan Ali: you might like to watch this video which is actually Google’s innovation to provide Web based and if I say javascript based LBS(Location based Service) application.

Google’s javascript based Db Engine “Gears” already working to provide JS based port for LBS services. In this way it will be possible to show a list of food centers at Burns Rd Karachi.

Possibilities are endless.

By: mansoor

mansoor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:03:22 +0000

Dear Adnan: it sounds incredulous, but believe me when i say, islamabad is highly convulted internally as well :S

Till sector and subsector level, things are okay, but when it comes to street level, its extremely confusing.

But yea, i guess better than the other cities in pk :p

By: Adnan Ali

Adnan Ali — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:59:48 +0000

Hello Mansoor,

The kind of web app you are looking for is not around the corner in Pakistan. I have actually looked at the solution for mobile devices. I have seen some solutions with infrastructure and point-of-interest layers but not with a commercial locations layer.

Islamabad provides a unique opportunity to build proper directions layer too because it is so well planned. Such a layer in Lahore would be very tough because every housing society has its own numbering pattern and often you may find house number 79 after house number 123.

By: mansoor

mansoor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:48:10 +0000

true that! in the words of a gleeful gamer..

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By: Osama A.

Osama A. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:11:32 +0000

Ah yes – fun is also important

By: mansoor

mansoor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:58:47 +0000

thanks osama! good 2 be here! Hopefully to uphold the ideals that have become green & white.

as for the avatar, yes.. green, professional and good looking, as well as every thing fun related to technology such as bubble bobble was in the early days of the computer

p.s.
it was my favorite game back then