Our life has been inseparable from the Internet map Services

The Internet map has a new standard

Newspaper reporter Zhao Yahui

For many netizens, the Internet Map Service has become one of the tools we can live without. The query of the route, the marking of the feature, the search of the place name ... Many Chinese websites are providing a variety of Internet map services for netizens, and many netizens should check the route before going out.

These Internet Map services now have new access standards. The Bureau of Surveying and Mapping recently revised and promulgated the "Internet Map Service Professional Standards" (hereinafter referred to as the new standard), and will issue the first batch of Internet Map Service qualification Certificate in June.

"This is an important measure to strengthen the regulation of Internet map Services," said song, deputy director of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, in an interview with reporters: "The new standard will further standardize the management of Internet Map Service units, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the Internet map and geographic Information Service market." ”

Standardize four kinds of service

Mobile map etc into management

Compared with the old standard, the new standard combines the actual development of the Internet Map Service market, and makes a series of modifications and supplements.

The new standard clearly defines that "maps that are called via wireless Internet access Map Management category", indicating that the mobile phone, PDA and other maps will also be included in the new standard management scope.

For companies specializing in the Internet Map services do not have or very few professional and technical personnel surveying and mapping, the new "standard" moderately relaxed the map mapping personnel of the hard assessment, the provision of Internet Map service units with the corresponding number of map mapping personnel or computer professional technicians, are identified as complying with the requirements.

According to the new standard, the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping will hold the first class of Internet Map Service certificate in June. As at the end of December this year, the units that did not apply for the Internet Map service but still engaged in the Internet Map Service activities will be investigated according to the law without a license.

The map of the sword point

Help Curb compromised Secrets

According to incomplete statistics, the current China's Internet Map Service site about 42,000, and the uneven quality of the Internet map, but also caused a series of social problems.

Song introduction, the main problems include: Because the satellite image widely used in the Internet map, and China's High-definition satellite images are mostly from abroad, which has brought great hidden dangers to national security; some units and individuals intentionally or unintentionally publish, use the wrong national territory, resulting in "problem map" continues to appear Some units and individuals put some sensitive, not public, or even the secret data information on the geographical coordinates on the Internet map.

On the internet in China, active a large number of "military fans" netizens. Some netizens use the Internet map to mark some military forces and military targets, and some netizens use fun and curiosity as the reason to spread them, which is increasingly harmful to national security. The number of similar forums and websites on the internet is large, and the targets that are highlighted include military airports, missile positions, radar positions, naval ports, force stations and important sensitive targets.

The new standards set out a series of measures to help prevent the leakage of leaks. For example, the provision of Internet Map service units, must have access to the certificate of the map security reviewer. These map security revisers must be trained by the mapping Bureau and receive an induction certificate, and these professionals know what to label and what not.

Set access threshold

Improve service quality and level

"The new standards are being introduced to better serve industry and business," song stressed.

The new "standard" clearly stipulates that the main body engaged in Internet map services should be public institutions or corporate entities. The units which do not conform to the above-mentioned subject qualification shall not engage in Internet Map service activities, and individuals may not engage in Internet Map service activities.

Up to now, the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping has held a number of special training courses for map safety revisers for the applicants of the Internet Map Service qualification.

The new standard divides the professional scope of Internet map services into map search, location service, geographic information tagging service, map downloading, Replication service and map sending, reference services 4.

Experts pointed out that the Internet Map services have a clear definition, refers to these 4 value-added services, netizens posted on the blog tourism map, hand-painted travel lines and so on, are normal personal behavior, not affected by any, nor belong to the new "standard" jurisdiction.

Drawing: Wang Shuhui