China Lists Companies to be Approved for Online Mapping
Tencent Tech, 6/30/10
China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has posted its first list of organizations to be approved for online mapping licenses, with 19 organizations re-applying for approval of A-class mapping licenses, and 4 companies to be newly approved. The SBSM's notice said that these organizations would receive online mapping licenses by July at the earliest, barring public objections.
Chinese search engine Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), Sohu's (Nasdaq: SOHU) search engine Sogou, and online map providers MapABC and Mapbar were the four companies to be approved.
The 19 companies that are re-applying include:
Beijing Changdi Wanfang Co., Ltd.
Beijing Information Resource Management Center
Fujian Provincial Geomatics Center
Guangdong Urban Planning and Design Survey Research Institute
Hangzhou Ali Information Service Co., Ltd.
Heilongjiang Geomatics Center
Henan Mapping Institute
Jinan Institute of Surveying and Mapping
Linyi Institute of Land Resource Surveying
Nanjing Institute of Surveying, Mapping & Geotechnical Investigation, Co., Ltd.
Peace Map Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Exploration and Survey Institute
Shandong Institute of Land Resource Surveying
Shandong Map Publishing House
Shandong Zhengyuan Geomatics Information System Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Careland Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Investigation and Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Sichuan Geomatics Center
Suzhou Digital Mapping Network Co., Ltd.
Editor's Note: Google was not among the companies listed. For more background on this topic, please see "China Issues Online Mapping Licenses to 18 Companies" MD 6/25/10 issue.
Keywords: MapABC online mapping Internet Baidu Sogou State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Mapbar Sohu BIDU license
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