Autonavi open API announces monthly coverage of devices 900 million location-based service to open the sharing era
On October 13th, the Autonavi open API "Autonavi inside: Location ? Sharing" forum was held at the 2016 Yunqi Conference. Tong Yao, general manager of Autonavi open API, said in his speech that Autonavi open API, as a leading map LBS service provider in China, has reached 900 million monthly coverage devices. As one of the basic capabilities with the highest usage rate and the widest coverage rate of the Internet, location-based service has an important strategic position. Autonavi has provided services for more than 300,000 mobile applications. Daily location requests provide Autonavi with rich big data basic resources. Through cloud computing-level related data mining, using location big data to analyze and gain insights into the real world such as crowd direction, regional heat, and behavioral preferences, it provides more reference and guidance for industry products and business fields.
(General Manager of Autonavi open API, Tong Yao)
As one of the few map manufacturers in China with a self-collected team, Autonavi Maps has 6.50 million kilometers of navigation data, more than 57 million POI information, more than 400 kinds of road attribute information, over 2 million kilometers, 360 cities real-time road conditions and more than 7,500 square kilometers of 3D model data.
In fact, the essence of LBS open API is to provide developers with map data and related technical capabilities of map manufacturers, so the competition between map open APIs in various places is the competition of map manufacturers’ professional capabilities. After 14 years of accumulation, Autonavi Maps is not only the most professional map data manufacturer in China, but also has the best online/offline map engine, which can cover the entire chain of applications, cloud services, software, data and other industries at the same time. It is the only Internet map company in the market with complete product and data capabilities.
It is understood that the Autonavi map open API provides map, navigation and route planning services for 85% of domestic car apps, including Didi Chuxing and Yidao, and provides precise positioning and location-based service functions for 80% of mainstream social applications, including Weibo, MOMO, Blued, etc. It provides map and positioning services for more than 60% of takeaway apps in the market, including Meituan and Ele.me.
According to the data provided by Autonavi, more than 300,000 mobile applications in China have adopted the location-based service of Autonavi open API. On the basis of advanced data fusion technology and massive data processing capabilities, the Autonavi open API service handles location requests and path planning on an average of tens of billions of times per day.
Tong Yao said: "LBS is one of the most core and basic services of the mobile Internet, and a large number of mobile applications are related to location. Previously, Autonavi open API not only provided developers with comprehensive and free basic location and map services, but also launched’smart LBS ‘and’LBS game industry solutions’, which better open up location-based service capabilities to developers and establish a benign LBS basic service industry ecosystem." In his speech at the forum, Tong Yao further upgraded the concept of location-based service, proposing "intelligent location-based services" including "intelligent positioning, high-precision maps, accurate path planning and navigation".
Among them, intelligent positioning includes multi-hybrid positioning and territorial integration, which can achieve full compatibility at various end points, and achieve lower power consumption and more accurate positioning. It is understood that 98% of intelligent security devices on the market use the intelligent positioning system of Autonavi open API; while high-precision maps include high-precision multi-attribute POI data, 3D real-life intersection enlarged map, real-time road conditions, and indoor maps. Among them, the Autonavi map indoor map has covered more than 1300 indoor buildings in first- and second-tier mainstream cities across the country, including supermarkets, transportation, tourism, etc.; accurate path planning and navigation include authoritative real-time road conditions and personalized navigation, such as truck navigation is a popular personalized navigation function for drivers.
As the most fundamental capability of the Internet, location-based service big data comes from and serves the public, providing the necessary foundation for the public sharing economy. Backed by Alibaba’s big data, open API and massive location-based service data provided by cooperative third parties, Autonavi can not only provide users with personalized LBS tags and market-oriented decision-making capabilities, but also provide intelligent location-based service capabilities in important shared travel areas and big data sharing areas, such as "intelligent path planning, precise navigation", "geofencing, cycling navigation", and "personalized scene push", "geofencing, situation awareness, similar recommendation", etc., to provide users with intelligent location-based services for the sharing economy.
"With the further intelligence of location-based services, the Autonavi open API has also entered a new chapter of intelligence and sharing." Tong Yao said that although the monthly coverage of Autonavi open API has exceeded 900 million at this stage, it will still further focus on improving service capabilities and better serve developers, strive to build a professional and focused platform, and build a benign open ecosystem.