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AutoNavi
'''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. ''' (北京图盟科技有限公司, www.mapabc.com), is a map website in China. AutoNavi was acquired by Alibaba Group in 2014. As of 2015, it offers its map services at amap.com. AutoNavi Maps is also known as Gaode Maps.
AutoNavi has provided mapping data to Google since 2006.
AutoNavi also provides mapping data of China for Apple Maps, which was introduced with iOS 6. This is only available when the Apple device is located within China.
AutoNavi's own map application was the top mobile map app in China in 2012, with over 100 million users.