<story><title>Pixel Perfect map of china</title><url>http://gz.o.cn/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>quant18</author><text>There&apos;s quite a lot of map companies offering similar &quot;SimCity-style&quot; maps:&lt;p&gt;Edushi (&lt;a href=&quot;http://edushi.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://edushi.com/&lt;/a&gt;), as others have mentioned --- IIRC they were one of the first to market&lt;p&gt;Baidu rolled out their own offering in 2010 (go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.baidu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://maps.baidu.com/&lt;/a&gt;, pick a city from the menu on the right, and then click the &quot;三维&quot; button)&lt;p&gt;City8 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://city8.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://city8.com/&lt;/a&gt;) don&apos;t have 3D maps, but they have a Streetview equivalent which they&apos;ve been working on since 2008 in Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.city8.com/search/search.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.city8.com/search/search.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Couple of articles which may be interesting reading (in Chinese) --- touching on China-specific privacy, legal/data licensing issues, etc. surrounding these maps:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.xinhuanet.com/internet/2008-03/14/content_7787457.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://news.xinhuanet.com/internet/2008-03/14/content_778745...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://finance.jrj.com.cn/2010/09/0315448095546.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://finance.jrj.com.cn/2010/09/0315448095546.shtml&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>d_r</author><text>This is neat. For example:&lt;p&gt;Shanghai skyscrapers: &lt;a href=&quot;http://j.map.baidu.com/-FNB&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://j.map.baidu.com/-FNB&lt;/a&gt;
Beijing Olympic stadium: &lt;a href=&quot;http://j.map.baidu.com/TjNB&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://j.map.baidu.com/TjNB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: for some reason, the links don&apos;t work in Chrome. Firefox works though.</text></comment>
<story><title>Pixel Perfect map of china</title><url>http://gz.o.cn/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>quant18</author><text>There&apos;s quite a lot of map companies offering similar &quot;SimCity-style&quot; maps:&lt;p&gt;Edushi (&lt;a href=&quot;http://edushi.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://edushi.com/&lt;/a&gt;), as others have mentioned --- IIRC they were one of the first to market&lt;p&gt;Baidu rolled out their own offering in 2010 (go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.baidu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://maps.baidu.com/&lt;/a&gt;, pick a city from the menu on the right, and then click the &quot;三维&quot; button)&lt;p&gt;City8 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://city8.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://city8.com/&lt;/a&gt;) don&apos;t have 3D maps, but they have a Streetview equivalent which they&apos;ve been working on since 2008 in Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.city8.com/search/search.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.city8.com/search/search.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Couple of articles which may be interesting reading (in Chinese) --- touching on China-specific privacy, legal/data licensing issues, etc. surrounding these maps:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.xinhuanet.com/internet/2008-03/14/content_7787457.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://news.xinhuanet.com/internet/2008-03/14/content_778745...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://finance.jrj.com.cn/2010/09/0315448095546.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://finance.jrj.com.cn/2010/09/0315448095546.shtml&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thijsterlouw</author><text>Or for example chachaba.com (in Shenzhen):&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sz.chachaba.com/location.action?placeId=221a75f1-bcfc-44a1-94f5-022529f90691&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://sz.chachaba.com/location.action?placeId=221a75f1-bcfc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;They had problems with providing a mapping service in China without a license though. They were forced to shutdown for a very long time + redesigned their website to survive. Make sure you get the right license first in China!</text></comment>