A map app based on the self developed beidou navigation satellite system or compass is expected to be launched on may 1 according to thepaper cn.
Beidou navigation satellite system app.
More recently in june china launched the 55th satellite of the beidou navigation satellite system which is now fully capable of providing services worldwide.
Bds stated to be rivalling gps is the fourth global satellite navigation system in the world.
Ran chengqi director general of china satellite navigation office and the spokespe.
The beidou navigation satellite system bds chinese.
The china satellite navigation office on wednesday.
Beidou china s homegrown navigation satellite system is to cover the world by 2020.
Civil equipment like our phones cannot choose which navigation system to use.
As a temporal spatial infrastructure of national significance the bds provides all time all weather and high accuracy positioning navigation.
Watch a video to see how it differs from gps and can help you in life.
If you find an app titled beidou in an app store it s not official.
Apps claiming to use chinese satellite navigation system beidou see a surge in downloads but they might just use gps.
As the government continues to encourage businesses to use its domestic challenger to the u s s gps it has unveiled a list of recommended civil use products that use the beidou navigation satellite system including smartphones and vehicles.
American spy plane pilots use china s satellite navigation system beidou as backup to gps us general says.
China uses its homegrown navigation system beidou for both military and civilian purposes.
Regular navigation apps delivery apps or car hailing apps are all able to use the positioning service of the beidou system.
Expect a third mention come 2021.
The beidou navigation satellite system bds has been independently constructed and operated by china with an eye on the needs of the country s national security and economic and social development.
Běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng pe ito u we iɕi ŋ ta uxa ŋ ɕi tʰʊ ŋ is a chinese satellite navigation system.
It consists of two separate satellite constellations the first beidou system officially called the beidou satellite navigation experimental system and also known as beidou.