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First Electronic Tourist
Map Launched
Chinanews.cn Sep. 27,
2005 - An electronic tourist map was recently
launched in east China's Shandong Province. Being the first of such
kind in China, the map can help tourists to choose the best way to
go to a certain place, to find out the distance between two places
and the cab fare needed.
Covering 17 tourist spots in
the province, the map provides 4,069 pieces of information covering
accommodation, tourist spots, travel agencies, entertainment
locations, catering and other public services. Tourists can search
for the location of a certain tourist site on the map, or let the
map display the best way between two places, their distance and the
cab fare. The map can also show information along the route and on
the neighboring area. For some tourist sites, it can show its
three-dimension picture. The website address is
http://map.sdta.cn.
China to introduce
electronic GPS maps in 142 cities
Xinhuanet, July 12, 2005 - China will soon put into use electronic GPS
maps in 142 cities in order to weave a network across the country within 10
years, according to the Beijing-based newspaper Guangming Daily... (click
for full coverage)
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