Non-EU vendorMaps & NavigationHeadquarters: CN

Amap (AutoNavi): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Amap, known in Chinese as Gaode Map, is a Chinese web mapping, navigation and location-based services provider. It is offered at Amap.com and as a mobile app, with nearby search and route planning. The company, also called AutoNavi, launched its first in-house car navigation system in 2007 and has supplied mapping data for China to other services, including Apple Maps. An English version of the app for Android, iOS and HarmonyOS was released in January 2025 for overseas users. Amap is a consumer service delivered as a website and app, and it is not open source.

Amap is headquartered in Beijing, China. Alibaba Group acquired the company in 2014, and since 2021 Amap has been part of Alibaba's Lifestyle Services division, so its ultimate parent is Chinese. A 2026 investigation, as cited by Wikipedia, reported that the app regularly sends user location data to servers in China. A European organisation should take this jurisdiction and data flow into account before using Amap or its services for anything involving staff, customer or location data.

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Sovereignty score

42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (CN)
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 5, 2026

Headquarters	CN (OTHER)	Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	CN	Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decision	Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)	Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, OTHER	Verified by hand
Open-source	No	Verified by hand
GDPR-compliant	Yes	Vendor-stated
Category	Maps & Navigation
Type	Product
Website	amap.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Amap (AutoNavi)

The European alternatives to Amap (AutoNavi) come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Amap (AutoNavi)

Amap (AutoNavi) is headquartered in CN, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Amap (AutoNavi) hosts data in EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Amap (AutoNavi) is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Amap (AutoNavi)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Amap (AutoNavi) include BRouter, calimoto and cartes.gouv.fr. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Amap (AutoNavi)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Amap (AutoNavi) include BRouter and GraphHopper. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Amap (AutoNavi) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Amap (AutoNavi) is headquartered in CN (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

amap.com/

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Maps & Navigation

Maps & Navigation: Maps, route planning and navigation services. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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