According to the new standard issued by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, all Internet mapping services that have not applied for a license will be shut down on February 1, China News Service reported. Google has not applied for its Internet mapping license, which means it is likely that its mapping service in China will shut down.

Google Maps API is so far the most used application programming interface in the country. If Google withdraws its net mapping service, hundreds of Chinese commercial mapping service websites based on the free Google Maps will be severely influenced, and millions of people who use smart phones such as iPhone and Android system, which are powered by Google Maps, will inevitably be affected.

(China.org.cn February 2, 2012)

據中國新聞網報道，國家測繪地理信息局印發的新規定要求，2月1日起，未申請互聯網地圖服務資質的單位一律不得從事互聯網地圖服務。谷歌目前仍未申請相關資質，很可能因此而退出其在中國的互聯網地圖服務。

據了解，谷歌的地圖API接口是目前使用量最大的API接口。一旦谷歌退出，基于免費的谷歌地圖而發展起來的數百家國內商業地圖服務網站就會受到嚴重沖擊。另外，由于iPhone手機以及應用Android系統的智能手機都內置了谷歌地圖，數百萬iPhone和安卓等智能手機用戶也將無可避免的受到影響。