Yesterday, authorities from six provinces and autonomous regions—Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Tibet—signed a geographic information network interconnection agreement in Chongqing. This means that blind spots in electronic maps developed in China, which previously existed in the southwestern region, will gradually be eliminated. GPS navigation for self-driving tours in western Sichuan and the Yunnan-Tibet area will become more convenient. In addition, within this week, three nearby areas—Shaanxi, Hunan, and Hubei—will also join this interconnected platform.
It is reported that the domestically developed “Tian Di Tu” (Map of Heaven and Earth), led by the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, has been launched nationwide. Serving as the public platform for this geographic information interconnection among the six southwestern provinces and cities, it is now available on the Apple App Store and will soon be introduced to the Android system.
The Municipal Planning Bureau stated that according to the agreement, the domestically developed “Tian Di Tu,” intended for general public use, will receive weekly information updates. Compared to the widely used Google Maps, “Tian Di Tu” offers more targeted services, and its regional information will also be more dynamic.