Recently, the reporter learned from the industry, and the mobile map business in the 2006 new year has progressed smoothly and has been enthusiastically sought after by a large number of users.
On January 1, 2006, China Mobile decided to run a pilot of "Mobile Map" business in Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, and Hubei Province.
According to the reporter, "Mobile Map" business trial operation is only half a month, the user is close to 10,000. Among them, the users of Beijing have risen, and Hubei Province users have broken through the 5000 mark.
The mobile map software is developed from China Mobile, mainly consisting of three parts: GIS browser, engine and electronic map. The biggest difference between this pilot "Mobile Map" and the existing WAP version is that the electronic map software is installed in the phone. The software is only 276K, and users can log in to the website provided by China Mobile for download.
At present, in the trial period, software download, business use is free, the trial period is over the end of March, but considering the user's enthusiastic feedback and the promotion of the business, the trial period is likely to be extended, and the business is officially launched The tariff has not yet been introduced. At this stage, selectable trial services include "Where am I", "City Search", "Driving Path", "Where are you", "City Hotspots", "Special Merchants", etc. Users can not only display their own location on the map, but also able to achieve the location of mobile VIP users with discount merchants with the "Special Merchants" function.
"Mobile Map" has more potential business, such as personalized maps, you can mark your own personalized information points on the map, such as your own home, school, company, etc., and pass these records DIY out Personalized map. Next, China Mobile is also likely to introduce voice navigation based on "Mobile Map" business, to achieve more and more convenient positioning features for users.