CHINA-MAP 2LST

People can use MAP WORLD, for instance, to find a
hotel in Beijing near subways or bus stations and then plan a
travel route by measuring the distance between the hotel and
tourists sites like the Forbidden City, Min said.
According to him, there is no charge for using MAP
WORLD's basic services, but services designed for corporate
users will come with fees.
The official version came out after revisions and
improvements were made based on users' suggestions since the
launch of the beta version last October.
Last October, China clarified that the satellite
imagery data for the Map service was being provided by
commercial satellites from different countries while it has
Intellectual Property Right (IPR) over the software.
The clarification came after a Chinese blogger
questioned the IPR of the map saying the satellite maps used
in Map World most likely come from the US-based DigitalGlobe,
which is the satellite imagery provider of Google Earth maps.
PTI