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Press resources.

Logos, facts and contacts for LAPAN Nav™ and Fractal Digital Agency. Every number comes with its date.

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News

  1. A new home for Fractal Digital Agency

    fractaldigital.agency now centres on LAPAN Nav™ and our work on Avokindo®, in English, BM, 中文 and தமிழ், with LAPAN Nav's numbers shown live.

  2. LAPAN Nav routes around closures and major crashes ↗

    Routes now go around roads drivers report closed and around a major crash, and you can search by voice from the search bar.

  3. LAPAN Nav is on Google Play ↗

    Android drivers can install “LAPAN Nav: Malaysia GPS” from Google Play, published by Fractal Digital Agency.

  4. 1,628 phones in the first week

    As of 30 Oct 2026, 04:06 MYT, 1,628 phones had driven with LAPAN Nav, covering 3,927 km.

  5. LAPAN Nav goes live ↗

    lapan-nav.com and the first usable app went live on the same Malaysian day the domain was registered.

Full LAPAN Nav press kit

Screenshots, short videos and voice samples in all four languages, free to use in coverage.

lapan-nav.com/press-kit

Logos

Key facts

  • LAPAN Nav is a free, Waze-style driving navigation app made in Malaysia, for Malaysian roads.
  • The first usable app and lapan-nav.com both went live on 23 Oct 2026. On Android, it's now on Google Play.
  • “Lapan” means “eight” in Malay; the app icon is a map pin shaped like an 8.
  • It speaks Bahasa Melayu, English, 中文 and தமிழ்.
  • LAPAN Nav is developed and published by Fractal Digital Agency, founded by Leslie Chan, with no outside funding.
  • LAPAN Nav never sells or rents anyone's data.

Please write it “LAPAN Nav”.

LAPAN Nav (lapan-nav.com) is not related to Lapan (lapan-malaysia.com). Link to lapan-nav.com to avoid mixing the two up.

Founder bio

Leslie Chan is a Malaysian developer with a background across engineering, robotics and e-commerce. He builds LAPAN Nav in public, sits in the same highway jams as everyone else, and leads every Fractal build personally.