Internet map Reorganization started: No effect of licensing has been granted

The national Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the survey) for the reorganization of the Internet map industry officially launched today, but this is far from a "doomsday" test. According to the rules, even if the Internet map license has not yet been obtained, it is not within the scope of the attack as long as the site has been submitted for application.

Last July, the first batch of Internet map licences (ie, Internet Map Service qualification) was released. Official data show that, after nearly a year, as of the end of June this year, 97 units have made the Internet Map service Grade A surveying and mapping qualification, 100 units have obtained Class B qualification, dozens of units have submitted qualification applications.

According to the relevant policy requirements, provide map search, location services and other Internet and wireless internet Map Services units, the normal business operations should obtain Internet map license.

Starting from today, the Bureau of Surveying and mapping will be in accordance with previously announced plans, the Internet map market to reorganize, do not operate according to the provisions of the Internet Map Service site, will be investigated and punished according to law. The move, too, is often described as "Doomsday", and the service that has not yet been licensed will be banned.

That is not the case. According to the requirements of the Surveying and Mapping Bureau, the object of the action, for "the public exposure has not yet applied for the Internet Map Services mapping qualification, continue to engage in Internet Map Services website."

This means that the site will not be affected by the reorganization if it has submitted a licence application, even if it has not been approved.

According to Sina Science and technology, the previous exposure of the street network, as well as the attention of the Google Maps, although the current said that there is no license to obtain information, but have submitted the relevant application, is awaiting approval results. and the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping has not announced whether the future will further rectify the market information.

March 2009, the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping revised promulgated the "Survey qualification grading standards", since the same year, June 1. According to the request, the unit that engages in the Internet Map Service should start on that date, apply for the Internet Map Service mapping qualification. Last May 10, the Surveying and Mapping Bureau further revised the Professional standards of Internet Map service.

In accordance with the above policy requirements, in addition to obtaining licences, the Internet and wireless internet Map Service units, the storage map data server located in the People's Republic of China, should take effective measures to standardize the user upload tagging behavior, and in the past 3 years did not appear file loss, leakage incidents.

April 27 This year, the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping revised "foreign organizations or individuals to China surveying and mapping management interim measures." It is also seen as a slight loosening of policy by the authorities for foreign-funded internet companies to apply for map services.

Although the above management method still stipulates that foreign organizations or individuals in China to engage in Internet map services activities, still have to establish joint ventures in accordance with the law. Most notably, however, the requirement that China must hold a joint venture has quietly changed the proportion of foreign investors ' contributions to no more than 50%.

At the same time as the Internet map reorganization started, the nationwide secrecy inspection of surveying and mapping results was launched today. The inspection to the end of November, divided deployment, self-examination, spot checks, rectification, summary 5 stages.