Today, China launched its satellite mapping service online as a way to beat Google Earth.

World map was unveiled by the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China. Features in front halanan service featuring images of the Chinese wall-shaped cloud-covered continent.
Google and China have been at odds since last year emerged as a serious Internet piracy attacks from China that disrupt the performance of Google. On the other hand, the country is asking the search engine giant withdraw their services.

At least, some high-resolution images of this world map of downtown Beijing seemed taken on October 1, 2009 when the streets seemed quiet because of the National Day Parade.
The world map only provides a few pictures outside of China where the Chinese border and North Korea can not be published.In addition, some countries also still can not be seen.
China considered Taiwan as rebel territory is not accessible.
On the other hand, Google does not submit a bid online mapping license in that country, but Chinese citizens can still access Google's Street View. This caused the Chinese government requires that Google's storage of data should also be known to the Chinese government.
Google said it was studying the new policy and give China the right to deactivate the operator who fails the license qualification.
YouTube video sharing site owned by Google and Picasa photo service is also blocked in China. Application documents Google also sometimes difficult to access.
The search engine in China today are directly tearah to Google Hong Kong, although it does not provide services to Chinese residents.
Some mapping in China is still not complete due to the many restrictions the government imposed. This creates confusion for mining companies to search for valuable deposits of material through high-resolution mapping. The new service is also difficult to use mountain climbers.
China's world map can be accessed at www.tianditu.cn.

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