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Huawei Showcases Petal Maps at MWC 2023, Offering Extensive Support for Travellers Worldwide
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

During Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, Huawei showcased Petal Maps and 
demonstrated its innovative functions, including full-screen lane-level 
guidance, real-time traffic monitoring, diverse map layers, life services, and 
watch collaborative navigation. These functions mean Petal Maps can provide 
global users with reliable navigation and map services that are supported by a 
co-created ecosystem.

Currently, Petal Maps covers more than 160 countries and regions, boasting over 
40 million MAUs, and can display map data in over 70 languages. Thanks to its 
extensive suite of functions, Petal Maps has been well received by users around 
the world, and serves as an always-on co-pilot that is ready to support users 
as they explore the world.

Full-screen lane-level guidance for easily navigating complex turns

At MWC, Huawei showcased the full-screen lane-level guidance function of Petal 
Maps, which overhauls the conventional navigation experience. This function 
expands the view of lane-level guidance to fill the full screen, helping users 
more easily judge the exact lane their vehicle is in. In addition, the function 
covers more roads in countries like Malaysia, the Philippines, and Mexico, 
which, paired with a clearer view, creates a better user experience.

The full-screen lane-level guidance function utilizes numerous capabilities, 
such as 3D road modeling algorithms and lane extraction from HD satellite 
images, to automatically simulate and render detailed road information in 3D, 
thus displaying roads more vividly in digital maps. Petal Maps is particularly 
effective at providing clearer navigation guidance and driving suggestions in 
more challenging road scenarios, reminding users to change lanes in a timely 
manner and helping them navigate complex turns with greater ease.

Petal Maps is also committed to providing green and safe navigation services. 
For cycling enthusiasts, Petal Maps can provide them with the most suitable 
routes according to traffic conditions, so that they can do their bit for the 
environment. For those who love walking, Petal Maps can prompt them when and 
where to turn through watch vibrations, allowing them to take in the sights 
rather than worrying about navigating streets.

Immersive map effects for recreating the real world in digital maps

Petal Maps is capable of rendering roads, buildings, weather effects, and night 
scenes in great detail, with colors that are true to the real world. This 
vividly recreates the real world within digital maps, helping users understand 
and navigate them with greater ease. Petal Maps currently supports the detailed 
3D display of nearly one hundred landmark buildings. In Huawei's exhibition 
area, visitors were able to use Petal Maps to explore Barcelona's landmark 
buildings, such as Sagrada Família and Casa Milà, which are recreated in 3D 
within the platform's digital maps. Petal Maps is also capable of displaying 
dynamic weather effects, such as clouds, sun, and storms, according to the 
local weather, and can also display streetlights and other specific building 
details at nighttime.

Petal Maps strives to reconstruct the real world through digital maps. At MWC, 
Huawei showcased the 3D real-scene map function of Petal Maps, which uses 
industry-leading explicit radiance field technology and multi-source image data 
bundle adjustment technology to systematically optimize the 3D reconstruction 
of ultra-fine and large-scene maps, implementing real-scene reconstruction 
rendering and recreating buildings in eye-opening detail.

Ecosystem co-creation with fully open map platform capabilities

In addition to innovating map functions, Huawei works closely with ecosystem 
partners, such as hotels, ride-hailing vendors, and catering merchants in the 
travel and transport sectors to deliver a range of day-to-day services through 
Petal Maps in one stop. For example, Petal Maps provides the services necessary 
for users to travel via many kinds of transportation, order takeaway, and book 
hotels and scenic spot tickets.

At MWC, Huawei also demonstrated Petal Maps Platform, a cross-platform and 
integrated map platform for all scenarios. Petal Maps Platform integrates and 
opens up the capabilities of Location Kit, Map Kit, Site Kit, and Navi Kit to 
developers around the world, supporting their app innovation. Through the 
platform, developers in industries such as travel, life services, and 
e-commerce can greatly reduce development costs and achieve efficient digital 
transformation.

In the future, Huawei will continue efforts to improve user experience of Petal 
Maps and explore cutting-edge technologies, aiming to provide more trustworthy 
and easy-to-use navigation services for users and more open and secure map 
services for developers. Huawei is dedicated to creating a map ecosystem 
alongside with users and developers.

To learn more about Petal Maps, please visit the following link:

https://petalmaps.dre.agconnect.link/pWb9nq

SOURCE  Huawei

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   Caption: Huawei Showcases Petal Maps at MWC 2023

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   Caption: At MWC, Huawei showcased the full-screen lane-level guidance 
function of Petal Maps, which overhauls the conventional navigation experience. 
This function expands the view of lane-level guidance to fill the full screen, 
helping users more easily judge the exact lane their vehicle is in. In 
addition, the function covers more roads in countries like Malaysia, the 
Philippines, and Mexico, which, paired with a clearer view, creates a better 
user experience.

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=438299

   Caption: For cycling enthusiasts, Petal Maps can determine the most suitable 
route according to traffic conditions, so that users can do their bit for the 
environment.

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=438300

   Caption: Petal Maps is capable of rendering roads, buildings, weather 
effects, and night scenes in great detail, with colors that are true to the 
real world.

   Link: https://iop.asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=438301

   Caption: Petal Maps strives to reconstruct the real world through digital 
maps. At MWC, Huawei showcased the 3D real-scene map function of Petal Maps, 
which uses industry-leading explicit radiance field technology and multi-source 
image data bundle adjustment technology to systematically optimize the 3D 
reconstruction of ultra-fine and large-scene maps, implementing real-scene 
reconstruction rendering and recreating buildings in eye-opening detail.

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