Gaode Tech 2023 Highlights: 15 Popular Articles on AI, Data, Mapping, and Navigation Technologies

As the Year of the Rabbit ends and the Year of the Dragon approaches, Gaode Technology thanks its readers for their continued support and looks forward to a new year of technical breakthroughs.

Gaode Maps, a leader in digital maps, navigation, and location services in China, constantly pursues technical innovation. This issue selects the 15 most popular articles from the Gaode Technology public account in 2023, covering AI, architecture design, terminal interaction, data technology, and more.

01. From GFS to GPT – 20 Years of AI Infra Turbulence – The author reviews the progress and milestones of AI infrastructure over the past two decades, discussing key points that support modern AI and future design directions.

02. Gaode Data Optimization – OceanBase Best Practices – Describes Gaode’s cloud‑native, industry‑agnostic architecture using OceanBase for massive data storage, including technology selection, implementation details, challenges, and solutions.

03. BEV+Transformer Ground Feature Perception & Modeling in Gaode – Introduces end‑to‑end perception and modeling techniques for high‑precision maps, detailing the solution and its evolution.

04. Gaode Releases HQ Live MAP – Real‑time Updates via Visual Crowdsourcing – Explains the visual crowdsourced technology that enables real‑time map data updates.

05. Understanding Gaode ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) – Covers ETA’s application scenarios, prediction pipeline, difficulties, and the solutions adopted by Gaode.

06. Lane‑level Navigation Scenario Construction & Simulation – Discusses the high‑precision requirements of lane‑level navigation and presents a simulation method to build and reproduce such scenarios.

07. Visual BEV Fundamentals and Solution Analysis – Provides an overview of Bird’s‑Eye‑View (BEV) representation, its role in autonomous driving, and detailed solution analysis.

08. Implementing Automatic Cruise in Gaode Map – Shows how to achieve an automatic cruise effect by moving an NPC vehicle along a predefined path on a 3DTiles layer.

09. Gaode Achieves the World’s Largest Scale Lane‑level Navigation Coverage – Describes the use of Beidou, deep‑learning models, inertial navigation, and ubiquitous signals to provide lane‑level navigation across more than 99% of Chinese cities and towns.

10. ARHUD Driving Navigation Overview – Introduces augmented‑reality HUD technology that projects navigation information directly into the driver’s field of view.

11. Learning Architecture Design from Business Development – Explores the value and principles of good software architecture from a business perspective.

12. Building a High‑quality “Live” Map – Details the features and technical highlights of Gaode’s HQ Live Map for advanced driver‑assistance systems.

13. Reflections on Business Test Engineers – Shares insights from eight years of testing experience across multiple departments and business lines.

14. Gaode Low‑code Platform Practice – Describes how the front‑end team uses custom plugins, setters, and component standardization to lower the difficulty of data processing and component interaction.

15. Android High‑Performance Stable Code Coverage Techniques – Presents a non‑intrusive, low‑overhead solution for fine‑grained code coverage collection that does not affect app stability or size.

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