The Development History of Gaode Map

Gaode's pioneer team has been involved in the field of GPS since the 1990s. After the establishment of Gaode Software Co., Ltd. in July, 2002, under the leadership of Gaode's founding team, Gaode's R&D team finally developed a set of data acquisition tools and editing and processing platforms with independent intellectual property rights according to the characteristics of national basic map data at that time.

The exploration and innovation of science and technology have brought business opportunities to Gaode. In August 2002, Shenhe Aisin AW, Fuji X and other companies established Beijing Adifei Navigation Technology Co., Ltd., and began to explore the sales market of electronic maps for car navigation.

After obtaining the Grade A qualification of navigation electronic map surveying and mapping, Gaode devotes itself to exploring and innovating business models, providing customers with integrated solutions and expanding business fields while developing and accumulating the contents of navigation electronic map database and navigation engine. Leading core technologies and innovative business models have enabled Gaode's products and services to achieve outstanding results in three business areas: automobile navigation application, wireless Internet location service application and government and enterprise application, and also established Gaode's leading position in the navigation industry in China.

On July 20 1 year 10, Shenshen was successfully listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with the stock code AMAP, which achieved a new historical leap in the company's development.

On April 20 14, gaode and Alibaba group formally reached a merger agreement. Ali will buy the remaining 72% shares of Gaode at the purchase price of $5.25 per ordinary share or $265,438 per American Depositary Receipt+$0.00.

Cheng Congwu, Chairman and CEO of Gaode, said: "I believe this transaction is to maximize the interests of Gaode shareholders. Being a member of Alibaba is the best choice for Gaud employees and customers. Alibaba will provide the company with rich strategic resources and help accelerate the penetration of Gaode location services in the cmnet ecosystem. "

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Brief introduction of Gaode map:

fundamental function

The latest map browser: the latest vector map rendering, the best map effect, the richest data information, the fastest operating experience and the most economical data stream. Professional map service: field collection and network collection, leading in the industry. 20 million POI information, updated four times a year.

Leading map rendering technology: the performance is improved by 10 times, the occupied space is reduced by 80%, and the traffic is saved by more than 90% compared with traditional map software. Professional online navigation function: covering 364 cities and 3.52 million kilometers of roads in China. Online navigation function: the latest high-tech online navigation engine, full voice guidance and prompt, perfect yaw judgment and yaw redirection function.

AR Virtual Reality: The AR function combines the information of the mobile phone camera and the user's position direction to show the information points to the user in a more intuitive way, thus guiding the discovery and target positioning.

Rich travel query functions: rich basic geographic information query tools such as place name information query, classified information query, bus transfer, driving route planning, bus route query, location favorites, etc. Lock screen voice prompt, even if your mobile phone is in the lock screen state, you can hear the voice prompt of Gaode navigation, so you don't have to worry about wasting electricity when the mobile phone screen is always on.

At night, navigate HUD to find tips, turn on GOD navigation, turn on HUD, and put your mobile phone under the windshield of your car. Gaode Navigation will reflect the route tips on the windshield of the car, which looks particularly convenient. Don't worry about looking down at the phone and affecting driving.

Goldtech is a leading digital map content, navigation and location service solution provider in China. It 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.

The company landed on NasdaqAMAP on 20 10. 2065438+In February, 2004, 65438+In 2004, Gaode issued the "Travel Guarantee" plan, announcing that this service is effective for a long time, and the maximum compensation amount was raised to 1000 yuan. On June 5, 20 18, Apple released the latest iOS 12 operating system at the Apple Developers Conference on June 4, US time, and CarPlay supported Gaode Map.

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