| AutoNavi Holdings Limited | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Traded As: | NASDAQ: |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Key People: | Liu Zhenfei (Chairman) Guo Ning (CEO) |
| Products: | Electronic map |
| Revenue: | RMB 80,000,000 |
| Num Employees: | 2,000s (2010) |
| Parent: | Alibaba Group |
| Fate: | Acquired |
| Homepage: | www.autonavi.com |
AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd. ) is a Chinese web mapping, navigation and location-based services provider, founded in 2001. One of its subsidiary companies, Beijing Mapabc Co. Ltd. (www.mapabc.com), is a map website in China.[1] AutoNavi was acquired by Alibaba Group in 2014.[2] It offers its map services at Amap.com and as the Amap mobile app. It is known as Gaode in Chinese.
AutoNavi provides mapping data of China and Taiwan for Apple Maps, which was introduced with iOS 6.[3] This is currently the only method of viewing their map in English, and is only available when the Apple device is located within China.
AutoNavi previously provided mapping data to Google from 2006,[4] although this has not been updated for some years.
AutoNavi's own map application was the top mobile map app in China in 2012, with over 100 million users.[5]
The company was founded in 2002 by Jun Hou, Congwu Cheng and Jun Xiao "to develop digital map data for in-dash navigation systems in automobiles".
In 2007 Amap launched their first in-house developed car navigation system.
In 2021, Amap was integrated into Alibaba's Lifestyle Services division, which also includes food delivery service Ele.me.[6] [7]
In March 2023, Amap claimed 150 million average daily active users.