Best Geographic Information Systems Companies in China
The 76 best Geographic Information Systems companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: NavInfo.
Ranked: Best Geographic Information Systems companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NavInfo Provider of navigation, high-definition maps, and intelligent driving system solutions | $185M | 145 mo ago | 4,273 | 2002 | Carl Sun Founder | LayuiGSAPApache HTTP Server+6 | — |
| 2 | Weizhi Provider of a location-based intelligent service platform for real-time mapping solutions | $120M | 65 mo ago | 26 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Sixents Technology Provider of high-precision positioning products and services for autonomous driving | $98M | 51 mo ago | — | 2018 | Dai Donghai CEO | Node.jsAnt DesignVue.js+4 | — |
| 4 | YI Technology Developer of SaaS and cloud-based cameras and drones | $90M | 117 mo ago | 91 | 2015 | Ye Song Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+15 | — |
| 5 | Mapbar Online and wireless maps providing platform | $78M | 134 mo ago | 67 | 2004 | — | JavaNginxjQuery+2 | — |
| 6 | 51WORLD Provider of a digital twin platform that clones Earth | $32M | 102 mo ago | 300 | 2015 | Yi Li Co-Founder | — | 1 partnership |
| 7 | Lingtu Geographic information system developer | $30M | 241 mo ago | 5,000 | 1999 | Tang Ningzhe Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Meridian Innovation Manufacturer of thermal imaging sensors for consumer and commercial applications 29Product top 35%Funding top 37%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Producttop 35% Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Newsbottom 18% Product: 2 published apps (1.6k installs) · Company stage: Series C Funding: Raised $28.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $28M | 20 mo ago | 28 | 2016 | Hock Leow Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 9 | Wide Stool Technology High-definition 3D maps for autonomous vehicles | $14M | 80 mo ago | — | 2010 | Liu Jun Founder | — | — |
| 10 | Careland GPS navigation software and solutions provider | $14M | 140 mo ago | 727 | 1997 | — | LayuiNginxjQuery Migrate+4 | — |
| 11 | Quick Feel Tech Vision based navigation software for robots | $10M | 103 mo ago | 60 | 2014 | Chen Zhen Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 12 | TerraQuanta Provider of AI-based geospatial imaging and analytics solutions | $9M | 65 mo ago | 40 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 13 | PIESAT Developer of remote sensing software and satellite constellation systems for observation | $7M | 115 mo ago | 3,342 | 2008 | Tongkui Liao CEO | BootstrapNginx | — |
| 14 | Daoke.me Intelligent terminal equipment for vehicles | $6M | 139 mo ago | — | 2009 | Longfei Zhao CEO | — | — |
| 15 | GeoHey Geographic information system provider | $2M | 118 mo ago | — | 2013 | Yongfeng Wu Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalityGhostNode.js+12 | — |
| 16 | Palmap Indoor map service provider for China’s mobile internet users | $2M | 153 mo ago | 100 | 2010 | Ron Zhang Founder | — | — |
| 17 | Hangzhou Vision Technology Developer of the video navigation app | $2M | 100 mo ago | 26 | 2016 | Yu Honglei CEO | — | — |
| 18 | SEEKCY Beacon provider for indoor positioning applications | $1M | 86 mo ago | 14 | 2014 | Yuan Xie Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 19 | Cloud & Apps Provider of micro-location based mobile marketing services | $489K | 105 mo ago | — | 2014 | Tedy Yu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Guangzhou Flying Air Technology Provider of aerial imaging solution | $436K | 90 mo ago | 15 | 2016 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Geographic Information Systems companies in China
#1
Series C · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2016 · 28 employees$28.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of thermal imaging sensors for consumer and commercial applications. These products utilize semiconductor technology to capture long-wave infrared radiation for temperature monitoring and heat detection. The hardware supports integration into smart appliances, automotive systems, and monitoring equipment. The sensors provide radiometric output and thermal video streaming capabilities for various diagnostic and safety functions.
- Oct 2024Series C$12.5M
- Jul 2021Conventional Debt—
- Jul 2021Series B$8M
- Jul 2019Series A$2M
#2
Series B · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2018$98.1Mraised▾
Provider of high-precision positioning products and services for autonomous driving. Is based on the GNSS satellite positioning system and RTK (real-time dynamic carrier phase difference) technology and is compatible with Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo. Provides cloud-based solutions to calculate error correction information in real-time.
- Feb 2022Series B$98.1M
#3
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2017 · 26 employees$120Mraised▾
Wayz.ai provides a location-based intelligent service platform offering real-time mapping solutions. Offers platform-level positioning solutions with full indoor & outdoor coverage and a database that has different offline behavior portraits & business scenes. The company also provides crowd behavior & scene insights, and cognitive intelligence & business links. Additionally, the company also provides a data intelligence platform and a high-precision positioning & building cloud platform. The product has applications across multiple industries including commercial, retail, finance, travel, transportation, logistics, and smart city.
- Jan 2021Series A$40M
- Jul 2018Series A$80M
#4
Public · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2002 · 4273 employees$185Mraised▾
Provider of navigation, high-definition maps, and intelligent driving system solutions. It delivers dynamic map services and precise location services for intelligent vehicles. The company offers data compliance services, dynamic traffic services, and high-precision positioning. It also provides automotive application processors and automotive-grade microcontrollers.
- May 2014PE$185M
#5
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 91 employees$90Mraised▾
Developer of SaaS and cloud-based cameras and drones. It develops different types of cameras such as action, home and dash camera for consumers. It also makes drones.
- Aug 2016Series A$90M
#6
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2004 · 67 employees$78.4Mraised▾
Beijing Mapbar Science and Technology is the largest provider of online maps and wireless maps. At present, the company has 3,500 local websites and industry portals cooperative partners, such as Baidu, Tencent, YAHOO, Netease, Alibaba, and Ctrip, etc., and constructs the biggest map alliance platform in China on the basis of Mapbar. Now, the company has over 18 million map data covering the 4 municipalities (directly under the Central Government), 333 prefecture-level cities, and all county-level cities, as well as the bus data of 208 cities. It also covers over 2 million kilometers road around the country.
- Apr 2015Series D$48.4M
- Sep 2012Series C$30M
- Jul 2006Series B—
- Nov 2005Series A—
#7
Series A · Chaoyang, Beijing · founded 2017 · 40 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based geospatial imaging and analytics solutions. It integrates satellite data and uses data fusion & AI algorithms to provide insights. It provides solutions for forest fire monitoring, land planning, environmental protection, oil & gas pipeline monitoring, and other solutions.
- Jan 2021Series A—
- Nov 2020Series A$7.6M
- Aug 2019Seed—
- Jan 2018Seed$1.6M
#8
Series B · Dongcheng, Beijing · founded 2015 · 300 employees$31.7Mraised▾
Provider of a digital twin platform that clones Earth. It also offers digital twin-based smart city management solutions using a city-level data closed-loop empowerment system that maps and visualizes the real city. Its offerings include digital twins for autonomous driving simulation for the development, testing, and technology evaluation of self-driving vehicles, intelligent traffic management, energy, and water management.
- Dec 2017Series B$31.7M
#9
Series A · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2010$14.1Mraised▾
KuanDeng provides high-definition 3D mapping solutions for autonomous vehicle path panning & navigations. As per the company's claim, its HD maps offer road information wit centimieter-level accuracy. Utilizes advanced technologies like deep learning, image recognition, 3D vision, intelligent robotics, map construction, and big data cloud.
- Oct 2019Series A$14.1M
- 2018Series A—
#10
Deadpooled · Beijing, Beijing · founded 1999 · 5000 employees$30Mraised▾
Lingtu is a developer of geographic information system and global positioning system software. It offers traffic system solution through GIS, remote sensing technology, LBS positioning platform, car navigation, and other integrated solutions. It has partnered with fleet operators, government entities, and logistics firms.
- May 2006Series B$30M
#11
Acquired · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 1997 · 727 employees$14Mraised▾
Careland is a GPS navigation software and solutions provider. The company began developing navigation software in 1999, becoming the first company in China with independent intellectual property rights for a navigation engine. It is one of the eight licensed navigation map providers and is also a certified national-level software enterprise. Careland began developing a Chinese navigation map in 2000, and in 2005, it obtained a Class A qualification in Chinese geographical mapping. In 2006, Careland published the first navigable electric map covering the entire geographic area of China. The company is one of a small group of companies with a license to do GPS mapping in China, and it posted more than RMB 25 million ($4M) in profits and strong growth during the first half of 2014.
- Oct 2014Unattributed$14M
- Mar 2008Unattributed—
#12
Deadpooled · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2014 · 60 employees$10Mraised▾
QFeel Tech has developed an AI based algorithm for robot navigation. It use vSLAM or vision-based simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm using data generated by a variety of sensors. They have employed this technology to develop an auto-navigation technology, which is used for path planning. The technology has been envisioned for application in robotics, AR/VR, smart TV interaction etc
- Oct 2017Series B$10M
- Feb 2017Series A—
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How research on Earth Observation is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Earth Observation — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 15,723 China-affiliated papers.
- Beijing Normal University1883
- Chinese Academy of Sciences1634
- Aerospace Information Research Institute981
- Xidian University797
- Wuhan University645
- Hyperspectral imaging162→3161
- Pattern recognition (psychology)150→2301
- Synthetic aperture radar76→2089
- Remote sensing37→1508
- Computer vision30→846
- Synthetic aperture radar69→1444
- Hyperspectral imaging86→1344
- Remote sensing58→1199
- Pattern recognition (psychology)64→572
- Interferometric synthetic aperture radar8→490
- Hyperspectral imaging7→82
- Synthetic aperture radar6→67
- Remote sensing12→72
- Interferometric synthetic aperture radar4→53
- Satellite3→46
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Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing earth observation patents in China
China earth observation patent filing is accelerating — 106 filings from 111 assignees (2016–2025), led by Chinese ACAD INST Electronics, INST Electronics CAS, UNIV Xidian; annual filings 9→17.
- Chinese ACAD INST Electronics35
- INST Electronics CAS13
- UNIV Xidian12
- UNIV Tsinghua11
- UNIV Electronic Science & TECH10
- Shanghai INST Optics & FINE MECH6
- Hefei INST Physical SCI CAS6
- UNIV Jiangsu5
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