Can Gaode map be used abroad?

Amap cannot be used abroad.

Amap currently only has domestic maps but not foreign ones, so it cannot be used abroad. Overseas, Google Maps is recommended.

Amap is China's leading provider of digital map content, navigation and location service solutions. It has the "three A" qualifications of Class A surveying and mapping qualifications for navigation electronic maps, Class A qualifications for surveying and mapping aerial photography, and Class A surveying and mapping qualifications for Internet map services. Its high-quality electronic map database has become the company's core competitiveness.

Extended information

Featured functions

1. Dynamic navigation

(1) Real-time broadcast of traffic conditions

(2) Intelligent calculation of the time required to reach the destination

(3) Traffic jam route planning

(4) Camera reminder

2. Offline download

(1) 2D and 3D offline maps

(2) Download map packages by region

(3) National map package, national summary map

3. Map search

(1) Popular locations and route search

(2) Bus and self-driving route planning

(3) Bus , train, weather query service

4. Brand new engine

(1) Latest 3D version, 360-degree rotating perspective

(2) Vector data transmission

(3) Viewing is smoother and clearer

5. Taxi-hailing service

In July 2013, the Amap map was updated with a new taxi-hailing function, comprehensive and fast The two resources of Taxi and Didi Taxi cover 80% of the market share. After cooperating with Alibaba, Amap has gradually transformed from a single map to an LBS toolbox by virtue of its high market share. The new version of Amap not only increases the number of taxis that can be booked, improves the efficiency of taxi hailing, but also expands its coverage to 26 cities.

6. Launch of the ride-hailing business

On March 27, 2018, Amap announced the launch of the ride-hailing service. Chengdu and Wuhan were the first to go online, and at the same time, Beijing, Shanghai, and Recruiting car owners in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou, and then gradually expanding to more cities across the country.

Amap stated that the public welfare ride-hailing platform does not have any commercial purpose and promises never to charge commissions to users or engage in subsidy wars. It is based on its long-term accumulation of self-driving travel users and travel scheduling. Ability to use scientific and technological means to improve transportation capacity and social travel efficiency and alleviate urban traffic congestion without increasing the pressure on urban roads.

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia-Amap