Amap
Amap is a first-class free map navigation product in China, and it is also the most comprehensive and informative mobile phone map based on location-based life service. It is provided by Goldtech Software, the largest provider of electronic maps, navigation and LBS services in China. The company landed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: AMAP) on 20 10. Gaode has Grade A qualification of navigation electronic map, Grade A qualification of surveying and mapping aerial photography and Grade A qualification of Internet map service, and its high-quality electronic map database has become the core competitiveness of the company. 20/kloc-in may, 2003, Alibaba acquired about 28% shares of gaode software for 294 million dollars. In 20 14, Alibaba will acquire the remaining 72% shares of gaode company in cash of 1 1 billion dollars. On 20 15 65438+ 10/8, gaode released the indoor map version of gaode map to provide users with services such as architectural map, indoor positioning and indoor route planning. 20151June 12, Yu Yongfu, president of Alibaba mobile business group and president of gaode, said that due to the early completion of the annual task of gaode map, employees were given a "red envelope for meritorious service". 20 16 February, the official announcement of gaode map said that by the end of 10, the number of users of gaode map had exceeded 500 million.
Location search
Basic profile
For a mobile phone map product, location search and route provision can be said to be the most basic services and the most important functions for users. In this respect, the map of Gaode is more humanized, which not only allows us to directly input the names of places and restaurants we want to go to in the upper left corner of the interface, but also provides 13 common location categories, such as catering, accommodation, shopping, etc., so that we can find the places we want to go without a clue. Under this 13 category, there are also many sub-categories, which can make the positioning more accurate, and the search results are arranged from near to far, so we can choose.
Gaode Map provides two riding modes: bus and self-driving. According to the different needs of different users, bus modes include "faster speed", "less transfer", "less walking" and "comfort first". There are four ways to drive by car: the shortest time, the least cost, the shortest route and the least expressway, which can basically meet everyone's needs. After choosing the right riding mode, the software will provide us with a detailed solution. As long as we follow the prompts, we can easily reach our destination.
Depth point
The mobile phone map product of Gaode Map is more of a tool for us to find the location and route, but in fact, the mobile phone map can do many things, even moving real businesses, shops and places to the virtual map, and then each geographical location corresponds to a POI point. In this way, the mobile phone map will no longer present a picture marked with geographical location, but a virtual real world. Gaode map integrates many deep POI points, which are 13 in the search content. When we browse and drag the map, if we find places or restaurants of interest, we can directly click on the map to do related operations.
After clicking the POI point on the map, we can directly enter the route planning function through the "turn" arrow on the right, or use the "magnifying glass" button on the left to search around the area. And click on the place name in the middle, then more functions can be realized, which is consistent with the functions we realize through the search bar. As for the expansion of POI points, Gaode Map promises to continue to increase, and will continue to work to integrate more third-party partners into Gaode Map to provide more convenience for users.
Rich in themes
The geographical location information of Gaode map is displayed in the form of channel theme, so we can see four channels: hotel, discount, performance and shopping mall in the "theme" interface. 1.2_8.30 The newly released version of Gaode Map has also added two channels: Food Channel and auto channel. Among them, the hotel channel cooperates with Ctrip. Integrated the information of 20,000 hotels in China. We can not only learn about hotel introduction, star rating, detailed room rates and hotel photos on the map of Gaode, but also book directly by phone or on the page. The discount channel cooperates with Vero City to integrate the discount and discount information of Vero City to help us save consumption. Of course, due to the free way of Vero City, users can't spend in mobile coupons, so they can only print coupons in Vero City first.
The newly added food channel should be what we need most, and now it can finally be realized on the map of Gaode. The food channel provides information about nearby restaurants, cafes and other places, such as recommended recipes, per capita consumption, business hours, atmosphere, pictures and so on, which is still very practical. In addition, auto channel, including car sales and 4S stores of Easy Car Network, is believed to be a good companion tool for friends who have cars.
offline maps
The new version of Gaode Map adds the function of "offline map download". The software provides offline maps of many mainstream cities, and we can save more traffic after downloading. Of course, it is also necessary to remind everyone that when using offline maps, sliding to view the map does not require traffic, but it will still cost a little traffic when querying some information, so don't think that offline maps are "0 traffic maps".