3D map of Tehran rendered by Rahyab Hamrah on a mobile phone

Rahyab Hamrah

Rahyab Hamrah (Mobile Navigator), Iran’s first GPS-based mobile map, was built two years before Google Maps and before the iPhone era began. It also served as a pocket yellow pages and became quite popular, with millions of users at the time. However, widespread software piracy in the country ultimately led to the failure of the startup behind it.

Cover of the original Rahyab Hamrah product brochureInside pages of the Rahyab Hamrah brochure, showing map and yellow-pages features