Geographic database of Georgia’s Black Sea region available soon online

Traveling across the Black Sea coast of Georgia is becoming easier after the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) has completed its field work to chart and photograph all tourist locations in the area. The result of this work will soon be available on an online map.

This is part of an NAPR project to develop a national navigation system. The project aims to create a national database for Georgia and integrate it in the leading navigation systems worldwide, such as Google and TomTom.

The locations covered during this segment of the project include the Black Sea resorts of Batumi, Kobuleti, Poti, Sarpi, Gonio, Kvariati, Chakvi, Buknari, Tsikhisdziri, Shekvetili, Ureki, Grigoleti, Maltakva and Anaklia.

The "Ali and Nino” moving sculpture in Batumi, Georgia’s Black Sea resort city. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

The prepared data base includes 16,000 objects such as education, health and non-governmental organisations, culture, sport, leisure and entertainment facilities, banks and ATMs, tourism and service centres.

Each item will be accompanied with a respective photograph to better visualise the location.

The project also described all large and small roads of the region with each traffic sign and other information.

Once such works are completed in all parts of Georgia, a web-based national navigation system will be created for the country and mobile applications will also be available.

The information will be open to all local and international travelers.

Georgia is the first South Caucasian country to cooperate with global leading navigation systems and integrate its database with them.