Google mapping service in china has been left in limbo because the government introduced new rules in May requiring all firms providing Internet mapping and location services in the country, in order to apply for approval from the bureau. With this being said China has launched an official on-line service as US Internet giant Google continues to hold out on applying for a licence to provide a similar service in the country. China reports that this a government backed service world map and is free that allows users to search for two and three dimensional images across the globe.

The Chinese brand or on-line map services with proved reliability Xu Deming the director of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping was quoted as saying. The technology and website construction for is as follows: www.tianditu.cn and www.chinaonmap.cn Officials have said those who fail to do so may have their service shut down due to impending deadline.

Google top online world market has fallen since March, as a result, of a shut down on its Chinese search engine over what is said to be cyber attacks that happened to be China based in nature. No wonder I could not understand my email. I had mad the sad mistake of forgetting the password. When I went into the password retrieval I could not understand anything that was written because it was written in Asian type of lettering.