<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
web	O
mapping	O
service	O
application	O
and	O
technology	O
provided	O
by	O
Baidu	B-Application
,	O
offering	O
satellite	O
imagery	O
,	O
street	O
maps	O
,	O
street	O
view	O
(	O
"	O
Panorama	O
"	O
-	O
:zh:百度全景	O
)	O
and	O
indoor	O
view	O
perspectives	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
route	B-Application
planner	I-Application
for	O
traveling	O
by	O
foot	O
,	O
car	O
,	O
or	O
with	O
public	O
transport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
is	O
available	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
Chinese	O
language	O
and	O
,	O
before	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
offered	O
only	O
maps	O
of	O
mainland	O
China	O
,	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
Macau	O
and	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
appearing	O
unexplored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
also	O
offers	O
maps	O
of	O
various	O
other	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
uses	O
map	O
data	O
supplied	O
by	O
NavInfo	O
,	O
MapKing	O
,	O
Here	B-Application
,	O
LocalKing	O
and	O
OpenStreetMap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
had	O
over	O
348	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010	O
-	O
Baidu	B-Application
adds	O
a	O
unique	O
,	O
highly	O
detailed	O
3D	O
view	O
for	O
select	O
cities	O
,	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
game	O
SimCity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cities	O
being	O
currently	O
covered	O
include	O
Beijing	O
,	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
Guangzhou	O
and	O
Shenzhen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2011	O
-	O
Baidu	B-Application
launches	O
satellite	O
imagery	O
for	O
the	O
Greater	O
China	O
region	O
with	O
much	O
better	O
resolution	O
than	O
Google	O
Maps	O
City-level	O
only	O
includes	O
Beijing	O
,	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
Guangzhou	O
,	O
Shenzhen	O
,	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
Macao	O
and	O
other	O
major	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
web	O
Mercator	O
projection	O
for	O
slicing	O
map	O
data	O
into	O
tiles	O
,	O
with	O
distances	O
expressed	O
in	O
degrees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
alleges	O
that	O
adopting	O
BD-09	O
"	O
protects	O
users	O
 '	O
privacy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
API	O
documentation	O
specifies	O
that	O
"	O
real	O
"	O
(	O
WGS-84	O
)	O
GPS	O
coordinates	O
must	O
be	O
converted	O
via	O
a	O
coordinate	O
conversion	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JavaScript	O
coordinate	O
conversion	O
API	O
is	O
demonstrated	O
online	O
by	O
Baidu	B-Application
,	O
but	O
without	O
any	O
reverse	O
(	O
to	O
GCJ-02	O
)	O
conversion	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
source	O
implementations	O
in	O
R	B-Language
and	O
various	O
other	O
languages	O
exist	O
,	O
implemented	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
reverse	O
GCJ-02	O
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
street	O
view	O
service	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
was	O
first	O
launched	O
on	O
August	O
21	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Indian	O
Government	O
blocked	O
Baidu	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
58	O
other	O
Chinese	O
apps	O
,	O
citing	O
national	O
security	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
