According to the new standard issued by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, all Internet mapping services that have not applied for a license will be shut down on February 1, China News Service reported. Google has not applied for its Internet mapping license, which means it is likely that its mapping service in China will shut down.

Google Maps API is so far the most used application programming interface in the country. If Google withdraws its net mapping service, hundreds of Chinese commercial mapping service websites based on the free Google Maps will be severely influenced, and millions of people who use smart phones such as iPhone and Android system, which are powered by Google Maps, will inevitably be affected.

(China.org.cn February 2, 2012)

據(jù)中國新聞網(wǎng)報(bào)道，國家測繪地理信息局印發(fā)的新規(guī)定要求，2月1日起，未申請(qǐng)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)地圖服務(wù)資質(zhì)的單位一律不得從事互聯(lián)網(wǎng)地圖服務(wù)。谷歌目前仍未申請(qǐng)相關(guān)資質(zhì)，很可能因此而退出其在中國的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)地圖服務(wù)。

據(jù)了解，谷歌的地圖API接口是目前使用量最大的API接口。一旦谷歌退出，基于免費(fèi)的谷歌地圖而發(fā)展起來的數(shù)百家國內(nèi)商業(yè)地圖服務(wù)網(wǎng)站就會(huì)受到嚴(yán)重沖擊。另外，由于iPhone手機(jī)以及應(yīng)用Android系統(tǒng)的智能手機(jī)都內(nèi)置了谷歌地圖，數(shù)百萬iPhone和安卓等智能手機(jī)用戶也將無可避免的受到影響。