Tencent Maps is a desktop and

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service application and technology provided by

Tencent Tencent Holdings Ltd. () is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the wo ...

, offering satellite imagery, street maps, street view and historical view perspectives, as well as functions such as a route planner for traveling by foot, car, or with

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. Android and iOS versions are available. The online version of Tencent Map is available only in the

Chinese language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the ...

and offers maps only of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, with the rest of the world appearing unexplored. On September 26, 2014, Tencent Map announced that maps of Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan were launched for the mobile version. These locations (except Taiwan) are not available on the web version as of July 2017. Tencent Maps partner with NavInfo for China market and MapKing for Hong Kong market.

Street view service

The street view service of Tencent Maps was first launched in 2011, but later stopped because of restrictions on geographic data in China. It was relaunched on December 13, 2012.

Timeline of introductions

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* {{Authority control Tencent Web mapping Web Map Services Street view services