Our vision
To help companies realize full potential of GPS location applications.
Our mission
Provide location technology solutions and services to small and medium companies at an affordable entry point and scale as they grow. Help large enterprises integrate our web map service, IoT, addressing and mobile resource management to their in-house, web and mobile apps through our API's.
Our Value
Listen to our customers, improve endlessly, Innovate continuously and ensure that our solutions/services justify their business.
Leadership
Converting an idea into reality requires Passion, Tension, Flow and Speed. Our senior leadership team realizes the importance of these ingredients for designing, developing and deploying solutions that we offer. We continuously innovate and improve endlessly to adapt our solutions to contemporary technology standards and platform. Our solutions have therefore evolved based on continuous feedback received from our users.
Mr. Ummer Sahib Director, Informap Technology Center
Born in India, Mr. Sahib holds M.Tech in City Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, CEPT University in Ahmedabad and AITP from the Institute of Town Planners, India. He also holds the position of Fellow in the Institute of Directors (IOD).
Mr. Sahib played a dominant role in designing and developing India’s first GIS and Mapping software at Systems Research Institute, Pune for Department of Electronics, Govt. of India. In 1989, he joined MAPS geosystems, Sharjah and was responsible for executing large GIS automation and navigation data projects in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
Mr. Sahib has been the Team Leader in executing GIS Projects in several key organizations in the UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Portugal, India, Thailand, Lebanon, Yemen and in the Republic of Seychelles.
With 30+ years of experience in the geospatial industry, Mr. Sahib possess the in-depth expertise and thorough knowledge in LBS, GPS, Fleet Management, GIS Design, Satellite, and Aerial Imaging, navigation data, land information system and internet map services. His global exposure and practical expertise in leading multi-million dollar projects paved the way to establish Informap’s GPS Tracking platform and innovating solutions for various industries. He was team leader in developing Accident Referencing and Analysis system for Abu Dhabi Police and the Municipality.
Being the thought leader of Informap, innovative transitions and several new solutions were rolled out over the last 15 years. His leadership, problem-solving skills, and enthusiastic creativity are the philosophy and streaming energy of Informap.
Mr. Sahib has authored several research publications and has been a speaker on GPS and NFC Technologies. He currently promotes the use of Open Source GIS service under SaaS model. He has co-authored the book "E-Governance for Smart Cities", published by Springer Germany in 2015 and has been a speaker at several conferences and seminars on Smart Cities. His second co-authored book published by Springer in 2017 is "E-democracy for smart cities".
In 2019, Springer published Mr. Sahib’s third co-authored book on “ Smart Environment for Smart Cities”.
History
Informap is an off-shoot of a non-profit organization called WAPMERR based in Geneva, an agency that models earthquakes and its aftermath. Realizing the importance of detailed building level maps for accurate assessment and emergency response, the founders realized the need for establishing a global geo-data base.
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INNOVATIONS
At Informap, we continuously strive towards Technology and Value Innovation. While Technology innovation is not easily noticeable to our customers, as they are more at engineering & systems level, our value innovation directly benefits them. Our GRL value innovation has taken a decade to reach UAE Businesses & its residents.
Corporate
Informap Group operates under Informap worldwide BVI. The corporate affairs are looked after by the corporate Head Quarters in Geneva. Informap has its regional head quarters in Moscow, Dubai, Singapore and New York and country operation offices in several countries.
Informap has 2 technology centers.
The Sharjah technology center is focused on 2D Data acquisition, Mapping, LBS and Mobile Resource Management.
The Moscow Technology center is focused on 3D modeling and virtual city modeling.
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PARTNER WITH US
Thank you for your interest to explore the opportunity of becoming our partner. If you are in the UAE, you are welcome to become a Reseller/or subscribe to our Referral program to sell all our offerings, based on our standard reseller/referral policy.
If you are outside UAE:
We welcome your company to represent Informap in your country. Informap's solutions, products and services that you can sell in your country depends on the trade license activities and the Government and import approvals that you have. For GPS equipment, you may require specific import approvals and qualified technicians. But, we have a number of other products and solutions that you can consider selling in your country for very healthy returns. Please feel free to send your contact details with your current company set up and which solutions, products and services that you are interested to sell.
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Contact Us
Contact us
Sharjah Office:
Informap Technology Center
Office HC-2, Tiger Tower 1, Al Tawun St
P.O.Box: 38098, Sharjah-UAE.
Dubai Office:
Informap Production LLC
501,The Fairmont,
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
P.O.Box: 33280, Dubai -UAE.
Call us: +971 6 577 0099
Mail us: info@itcshj.ae
Informap World Wide
NEWS AND EVENTS
March 2020
FIELD STAFF TASK TRACKING SOLUTION PREPARING TO BE GLOBAL
Now companies with international branches can distribute tasks globally to their field staff located any other countries to improve their work allocation efficiency worldwide. Contact us to learn more.
February 2020
INFOSENSE – ADDED MORE FEATURES
We have integrated few more modules in the app to be more intuitive to the users’ requirements. Contact our Saes Team on 065770099 to know more
January 2020
INFOSENSE - MOBILE APPLICATION FOR WAREHOUSE CONDITION MONITORING – ON DEMAND REQUEST
As per our on-demand requests from our users, we have also released mobile apps in Android version to make it more expedient for our users to view online the real-time sensor reading (temperature and humidity) on table and graph format.
December 2019
FLEET MAMA – THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION TO LOG THE DAILY TRIPS
Informap has released Fleet mama, a solution to solve the challenge to manage the vehicle keys and record your driver’s daily trips and invoices. Simply create an online account and manage your daily operational trip logging using filters like date, driver name, trip name etc. Your security is now able to enter the details online. Contact us to learn more.
November 2019
izifleet – A complete fleet maintenance module
Informap is beta testing a total solution to digitalize your fleet’s proactive and reactive maintenance data such as oil servicing, spare part change, tire servicing, fleet renewals & registrations etc. This gives a full visualization & control of all the records done for those unexpected repairs, or even track repair requests between company divisions. You can also define any number of preventive maintenance tasks that can be easily tracked by date, vehicle plate number or even division name. Contact us to know more or would like to be part of our beta testing companies.
November 2019
Desktop Dashboard for Warehouse Condition Monitoring
The Desktop dashboard shows all active sensor reading (temperature and humidity) on table and graph format. It allows the control room to get a snapshot of the condition. The Desktop version also allows generating history and other reports
October 2019
REVAMPED FIELD STAFF & TASK TRACKING
New look with a new feel to make our Field Staff Task Tracking solution even more convenient to use. More features have been added. Contact our sales team to know more on 065770099.
September 2019
Enjoy the Grand Taj Mahal Walking Tour WITH izi.TRAVEL
izi.TRAVEL has published more than 10 tours on the Taj Mahal. Embrace the experience with a new sensation.
August 25,2019
MEETUP, DUBAI TOURISM & TRAVEL AGENCIES
Informap Director, Mr. Sahib one of the speakers at the MEETUP, DUBAI TOURISM & TRAVEL spoke on strategic ways how to forward leverage business for EXPO 2020.
April 05,2019
Smart Dubai: Sensing Dubai Smart City for Smart Environment Management
Informap Director, Mr. Sahib has co-authored a book on:
Smart Environment for Smart Cities, published by Springer in 2019.
Mr. Sahib's Chapter 9, gives an insight on IoT essential for smart city Practitioners drawn from smart Dubai’s use cases.
Part 1 examines the technology and application of Internet of Things (IoT) for establishing a smart environment.
This focus on the environmental parameters that can be sensed in a smart city?
What kinds of sensors are required and What data do they generate and how are they get transmitted to the cloud?
Part 2 delves into IoT Platform where the IoT data is stored, managed and secured along with the survey of IoT platform providers? Part 3 illustrates smart environment use cases of IoT and the parameters that can be sensed in a smart city.
Part 4 gives a detailed account of all the initiatives taken by Smart Dubai for smart environment management that can be adapted or replicated in other smart cities around the world.
This is an invaluable source for all smart cities who are planning to implement IoT Projects.
March ,2019
izi.TRAVEL once again makes NEWS in one of the leading newspapers in the UAE - Khaleej Times !
March 17,2018 - Gulf Today, Business Edition
izi.Travel announces the release of Dubai tours in the UAE
Annoucing the release of 5 amazing Dubai Tours in the UAE.
March 1,2018 - Yatra - The Complete Travel Magazine
izi.Travel Ad now in Yatra Magazine
First published in 2008, Mathrubhumi Yathra is devoted to travelers. The contents are of vivid itineraries, travelogues, location details, routes & maps, hotspots, geographical histories, and cuisines. izi.Travel has made its mark here also.
Feb 28,2018 - Khaleej Times - KT Katalogue
Utilize Informap's Reliable Solution to Maximize your Mobile Assets
We are in the newspapers ! Check out the KT Katalogue Magazine (Khaleej Times) for our advertisement.
Feb 28,2018 - Khaleej Times - Dxbuzz
Enhance your Travel Experience with izi.Travel
Khaleej Times has published an informative article on izi.TRAVEL. Also announcing the pilot release of the Dubai Tours. The Dubai Tour covers all of Dubai in just 5 tours conveniently categorized depending on the user's experience. The first released version is Dubai sightseeing tours covering all the 14 prime sightseeing spots in Dubai including the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Fountain, Global village and many more.
December 1-3, 2017
Travel the world with iZi.Travel
izi.TRAVEL proudly participated at the India International Travel Mart (IITM)- a pioneer in travel-trade exhibitions held in Hyderabad. IITM events provide a unique opportunity for professionals from the tourism industry to meet and connect with people interested in travel and other related business. It was a mega success for iZi.Travel.
October 2017
iZi in NEWS!
izi.TRAVEL – City Guides App Apk download for Android/iOS Smartphone
August 2017
Informap attended the IOT Workshop, Dubai
An informative & educative introduction to the IOT Developing Concepts organized by INFINITY CONFERENCES held at Dubai Media Rotana on 14-15 August 2017.
April 2017
Informap acquires izi.TRAVEL, world's No. 1 Travel Audio Tour Guide platform
Informap, leading location service provider operating in the UAE since 2002, has acquired IZI TRAVEL App and IZI.TRAVEL story telling platform from the Dutch company Iziteq BV.
Read More
https://izi.travel/en
December 2016
LAUNCHED Employee Tracking
We make it easy to stay up-to-date with your employees every day. Whether in sales, event marketing or collection services, our solutions helps your track the employee & tasks asssigned to him.
November 2016
It's Here : ROMA - Delivery Management App
This is a new kind of business Tracking app - we’re excited to add ROMA into our solutions. It is designed for tracking HOME DELIVERY SERVICES carried by the motor bikes. ROMA is a Tab version app that is engineered to manage your daily home delivery services. ROMA Has all that! Track your bikers, Customer Orders & customer Locations.
May 2016
Released Mobile Apps For the Tracking Solutions
The ultimate checklist among our APP Releases was the MOBILE APPS for the Tracking Solutions.To make our services more manageable & convenient, we just released our first tracking app for all iPhones & Android Phones, which you can download from the App Store & Google Play Store right now.
Feburary 2016
Authorised MAKANI Service Provider
Dubai Muncipality (DM) Approves Informap as the Authorised Makani Enabler.
January 2016
A New Year, A New Technology with a New HOME RUN Achieved
We have been showing fantastic progress in creating new mapping innovations and creativity. We had started working a new IPS technology earlier last year - Indoor Positioning Systems Technology to locate people or objects inside a building. A Prestigious Dubai Hotel Chain successfully Implemented Informap 's INDOOR MAPPING. This project is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.
November 2015
Authorised Secure Path Service Provider
Dubai Police (DP) Awards Informap as Secure Path Service Provider for Car Rental Companies.
September 2015
Asianet News Coverage on GRL Services in UAE
Gulf Round-up on Asianet News Channel GRL interviewed Informap on our new innovative solution - GRL Services, the very first virtual addressing system for the UAE. Finding any location in the UAE has been made easier with our solution. Every Building in the UAE has been assigned a Unique 6 digit number for easy referencing.
April 2015
Released a New Tracking Platform - INFOFLEET
Informap prides itself on crafting a unique Tracking Solution - INFOFLEET. It is designed for users who require tracking a FLEET of Vehicles and also for those that require more information from their vehicles.
March 2015
Intergrated MAKANI ADDRESSING SYSTEM
Makani is an application developed by the Dubai Municipality, aimed at improving location finding in the emirate. It is a 10-digit number has been given to each building and every location. We support this new innovative system, we have successfully integrated the Makani Addressing system into our Home Delivery Mapping Solution.
August 2014
Released TAB version for GRL ADDRESSING SYSTEMS
After the release of the mobile version of our GRL services 2 years ago, our customers increasingly shared their opinion for a tab version. Informap has developed the business version of GRL addressing systems on Tablets
January 2014
Another Project Milestone for the Addressing Service
The Address Doctor chooses Informap as the UAE Address Data Provider.A fantastic effort and achievement for the team.
Feburary 2013
10 Years of Business - A milestone Achievement
Emirates Fast Food company choose Informap's GRL based Addressing system for their Home delivery Services - a proud milestone for the GRL Addressing Solutions. Congratulations to all involved in developing this service and to those achieving this prestigious project.
October 2012
Released Mobile friendly version of Tracking Solution
After receiving immense feedback for our GRL services, we realized to do the next major deployment. We released the mobile responsive site for our whereareyou TRACKING Solution. We are focusing on improving our users' experience, convenience, and manageability. Our aim is to provide the user with the best exposure for using our tracking services whatever your device maybe.
March 2012
Released Mobile friendly version of GRL Addressing Services
The use of mobiles and tablets is increasing fast in the today's era of technology. Therefore, we want our customers to have the best experiences from all the worlds. Hence, after several months of our dedication, we have successfully released the new mobile version of GRL Addressing service.
September 2011
Launched UAE's First Addressing System
After years of hard-work of collecting the addresses & geographical marks, we have engineered a simple technology for finding & remembering addresses anywhere in the UAE. You can find any building in the UAE with just a 6-digits location finder called as the GRL - Geo Reference Locator.
Feburary 2009
Released Addressing Services for Distribution Companies
We released web version UAE Locator Services designed for companies doing Home Delivery Services. Finding Addresses no longer a daunting Task for any delivery companies.
January 2008
Launched Own Tracking Device
Informap partnered with South Korean Company and started to design our own customized tracking device.
June 2007
Launched First Tracking Platform
Informap successfully launched the first piloted project in GPS Vehicle tracking solution for the UAE www.whereareyou.ae.
April 2005
Won Gold Award for the innovative idea - GRL Addressing Services
Informap proudly announces that we won the Gold Award from Salon International Des Inventions for our innovation in GRL Addressing Services.
December 2004
Finding your way around – PDA Locator
It all started with the realization of the fact that finding a location without the proper directions is a Herculean task. Our technical team identifies the loopholes and have been working on this concept for the last four years.