Tencent's Soso Maps Launches Open API

TechWeb, 7/05/11

Chinese internet giant Tencent's (0700.HK) Soso search engine subsidiary has launched an open API for Soso Maps. The API provides location data, public transportation information, driving routes, and basic map and search functionalities.

The API can provides information on points of interest in over 300 prefecture-level cities and more than 2,000 county-level cities, public transportation information for more than 200 cities, and driving routes for over 300 cities. In addition, Soso Maps is compatible with a number of browsers, including Internet Explorer 6 and above, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Mobile Safari for iOS 3 and 4.x, and mobile browsers powered by WebKit for Android 2.2 and up.

Keywords: online mapping mobile mapping mobile search Internet Soso Tencent API 0700.HK online search

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