AutoNavi
AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd. ) is a Chinese web mapping, navigation and location-based services provider, founded in 2001. One of its subsidiary companies, Beijing Mapabc Co. Ltd. , is a map website in China. AutoNavi was acquired by Alibaba Group in 2014. It offers its map services at Amap.com and as the Amap mobile app. It is known as Gaode in Chinese.
AutoNavi has provided mapping data to Google since 2006.
AutoNavi also provides mapping data of China for Apple Maps, which was introduced with iOS 6.
in China in 2012, with over 100 million users.
