Google Maps returns to China after 8 years of absence

[Redaktion]

Thanks to a partnership with Alibaba-owned AutoNavi, the Google Maps service returns to China, but with a few feature limitations needed to get the approval of the local government.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-Maps-returns-to-China-after-8-years-of-absence.278610.0.html

[anon]

A Google Maps in China tip: you'll notice when looking at the imagery overlay in China, that the imagery details and the roads overlay don't match up. There's a law that mandates them to be misaligned.

But if you go to ditu.google.cn, the Chinese version of maps, the imagery and roads line up.