Huawei has unveiled Petal Maps, its latest map navigation system designed for global markets, at Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC) in Barcelona. The solution leverages mobile phone hardware and intelligent algorithms to deliver a package of innovative mapping capabilities, including precise indoor and outdoor positioning, lane guidance, offline maps, 3D architecture (using Barcelona’s landmarks as a showcase), multi-terminal collaboration between smartphones and watches and multiple Nearby Life services.
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Petal Maps platform opens its map services and capabilities to developers and partners worldwide, providing full-scenario mapping solutions to companies and service providers in industries that depend on geographical positioning for their products and services, opening up an entirely new outlook to the future of mobility life.
Innovative technologies and multi-terminal collaboration deliver unbeatable navigation functionalities
The Petal Maps’ lane guidance feature assists drivers in accurately judging route changes when confronted by complex road scenarios, with timely reminders on when to switch lanes to avoid missing an exit or turn off. Petal Maps also provides an offline map function that allows drivers to search and navigate without an internet connection, ensuring worry-free navigation at all times through pre-downloaded map data.
In addition, the multi-terminal and multi-screen collaboration feature, such as watch coordination navigation enables route guidance by simply lifting one’s wrist; smartphone P50 Pocket – the main screen displays the navigation while the cover screen provides quick access to notifications. This truly innovative feature has been a focal point of MWC 2022.
Natural color and 3D architecture display real-world surroundings
Petal Maps’ superb visual presentation effects are achieved through the adoption of the original color ring concept of Practical Color Coordinate System (PCCS) which allows a truly realistic and vivid recreation of the natural world while also sharpening and heightening street and building details to deliver a more immersive user experience. Petal Maps highlights the color contrast between different regions and routes, distinguishes cities from suburbs while visually showing the differentiation in altitude between adjacent roads. With its leading UI design interactive experience, Petal Maps won the 2021 German Red Dot Design Award.
Petal Maps applied its 3D features processing to Barcelona’s eight key landmarks, including the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Casa Milà, Camp Nou stadium, and Plaça de Catalunya, to deliver an astonishing level of detail when viewing these famous locations.