Currently, there are only a few map providers that can provide detailed global maps to global users. Except for a few large companies, most of the companies that provide maps as their core business are very regional, and most of them can only provide A country's map is much weaker than a global map, and such map suppliers are basically not allowed to compete on the international stage.
Maps also have copyright issues. There are only a few companies that can conduct detailed surveying and mapping of global maps. Moreover, updating global maps is also a huge amount of work. Not ordinary companies can do it. If such as Google Generally speaking, using satellites to take satellite photos of the global surface can only produce a rough topographic map. However, if you want to know in detail the name of each street, the name of each building, each bridge, and each An intersection, etc., all require extremely accurate data to support.
Zhang Wenhao does not have a map surveying and mapping team. If he really implements global map enrichment, I am afraid that the team alone will take a long time to build. Therefore, Zhang Wenhao thought of an opportunistic way, which is to directly let the waiter do the future surveying and mapping. Take out the 4D map.
However, there is another big problem. The future 4D map will be jointly surveyed and developed by Google and several other companies ten years later. It will detail every building in medium and large cities, and even every building. Everything has its own 4D simulation map. Although it is very advanced, the problem is that some buildings have not yet appeared. Ten years is enough to make a city undergo earth-shaking changes. If you directly take this kind of map I'm afraid the whole world will be deeply shocked by this. Perhaps a company in the United States is planning to build a skyscraper in New York next year. The design drawings of this skyscraper have been finalized, but they are still in the confidential stage. As a result, Dongchen As soon as the 4D map was released, the skyscrapers they were about to build were accurately marked.
However, this does not mean that 4D maps cannot be used. This set of 4D maps contains very, very detailed data. The construction time of every building and every road has very detailed markings, and Zhang Wenhao used this to Instructing the waiter, he said: "Watcher, you must revise this set of 4D maps as soon as possible. Use the 4D map to compare it with the latest map. Once there are controversial contents, such as some buildings that are not on the latest map, If it appears, we will make modifications immediately to ensure that our 4D map can be truly real-time."
The waiter smiled and said: "This is simple, just invade the municipal files of every country or even every city and region. As for those underdeveloped countries, we can also filter the 4D maps based on other existing maps. Compare the two, and if there are differences, refer to other existing maps to make changes to the 4D map."
Zhang Wenhao nodded and said: "How much capacity will it take to complete the entire 4D map of the world?"
The waiter said: "If it really reaches the highest level of detail, it will require at least several hundred terabytes. However, we don't have to try to embed all the maps locally on our hardware. The best way is to use the cloud method. When users need to retrieve a map of a certain area, they receive map data directly from the cloud."
With that said, the waiter added: "Even if the cloud accepts data, users can choose different modes. For example, the 4D map is actually more of a gimmick. In ordinary use, a flat map is basically enough. Therefore, there is no need for users to download 4D maps from the cloud for navigation services. The main purpose of 4D is to understand the details of each city in detail when sufficient bandwidth is guaranteed. It can even simulate a three-dimensional experience in the city. The feeling of traveling through.¡±
Zhang Wenhao smiled slightly and praised: "You have considered this very well. By the way, if we make a 2D map, what is the approximate capacity of the world's maps?"
"About 1TB." The waiter said: "It doesn't matter. After all, the services we provide are in most cases just ground navigation services. Therefore, users do not need to download maps around the world in their own terminals. We can The map data is divided according to countries or even cities. If the user needs to use the map of a certain area or a few areas, then he can directly choose to download the map data of these areas. "
The waiter then went on to say: "Our navigation service will be very accurate, so our maps will also be very accurate. The navigation service can be accurate to a certain house number, and our navigation can even be Interactive interactive services.¡±
Zhang Wenhao asked in surprise: "What is interactive interactive service?"
The waiter smiled and said: "For example, you are in the suburbs of Zhonghai City, and your sister-in-law is somewhere in Zhonghai City. When you want to find her?, she does not need to tell you the specific and complicated address, she only needs to directly transmit the coordinates of her location to you, and you can navigate according to these coordinates, and it can even be so accurate that after the navigation tells you that you have reached your destination, you stop When I opened the car door, my sister-in-law happened to be standing outside the car door. "
Zhang Wenhao suddenly became excited and blurted out: "This idea is so wonderful! Yes! Interaction! What everyone likes most now is the in-depth interactive function. Otherwise, WeChat would not be so popular. If this interactive function is really used to Navigation service, then in the future, when our users navigate, they will not need to enter detailed addresses in the terminal, but directly ask the other party for coordinates, and the navigation can provide precise navigation based on the other party's location, especially when the destination is not in the urban area. , but when you are in the suburbs or a less developed node, navigation based on address has lost its premise. However, the other party only needs to send you his coordinates, and then you can immediately know clearly where he is now. The location, even in the middle of nowhere.¡±
The waiter repeatedly praised and said: "If this is the case, then our system is also of great significance for outdoor rescue. When you need rescue, you don't need to say anything. You only need to present your coordinates to the other party, and then wait patiently for the other party. Just rescue, and you will never be unable to find someone! Moreover, our satellite positioning signal is much stronger than GPS. As long as it is not in a few natural blind spots in nature, we can perform positioning."
Zhang Wenhao was excited. If such an almost omnipotent positioning system is finally built, all users around the world will completely give up traditional GPS the first moment they come into contact with it. Such a positioning system can at least maintain global visibility. 50 years ahead, this positioning system will also completely affect human life, work and travel.
While Dongchen satellites were being launched one after another around the world, Zhang Wenhao and Xiaoer had sorted out the 4D maps around the world. However, this set of 4D maps had not been released to the outside world. Dongchen still lacked the last three satellites. Global coverage can be completed. Once the last three satellites are launched into the sky, Dongchen will simultaneously announce the Dongchen positioning system, Dongchen positioning terminal and Dongchen¡¯s global 4D map to the world. On that day, Dongchen will It will once again shock the world.
The evaluation of the market value of Airbus has finally come to an end. The Europeans and Dongchen have reached a unified consensus, and Dongchen is not ambiguous. Zhang Wenhao entrusted Long Xiaoyue, who was buying special industries for Dongchen in Paris, to sign an agreement with the Europeans in Paris. According to the acquisition agreement, Dongchen purchased the shares of Airbus 100 from EADS for 18 billion euros. This acquisition can be said to be the largest single acquisition by a Chinese company in Europe this year.
Although the world has long known that Dongchen was preparing to acquire Airbus, the day when Airbus was acquired, the global media was still enthusiastic about the matter. They were not surprised that the acquisition was completed, because they knew that Dongchen None of the prey that Chen has targeted has been able to escape from Dongchen's hands so far. What they are really curious about is where Airbus will go next after being acquired by Dongchen. How long will it take for Dongchen to What kind of answer sheet is presented to the world.
Airbus, after being wholly acquired by Dongchen, changed its name to Dongchen Aerospace Company. Airbus and Dongchen Aviation are two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Dongchen respectively. Zhang Wenhao is not prepared to merge these two enterprises. Put it all together, Airbus's foundation in Europe is already very large, so large that he can't even move Airbus to China. Therefore, he decided to keep Airbus in Europe and the head office in France. He absorbed the previous Airbus Almost all the employees, technicians, engineers, sales staff, etc. were dismissed, except the entire Airbus R&D department, leaving no one behind.
This move made the world feel that Dongchen is confident. They don¡¯t want Airbus¡¯ technology, and they don¡¯t want Airbus¡¯s key talents.
However, Raymond had the idea of ????Airbus. After hearing about Dongchen's actions, he quickly held a meeting at the Boeing headquarters in Seattle. The meeting had only one theme: how to obtain the final remaining value from Airbus.
For Boeing, all the hardware of Airbus is gone, but the software has not been eroded by Dongchen. Raymond said ambitiously at the meeting: "We must get them from Airbus at all costs." All the intellectual property rights that we are interested in. In addition, I hope that our human resources can do their best to attract all the core personnel of Airbus R&D department to Boeing, so that we can combine the strengths of Boeing and Airbus, Let our aircraft have better performance and stronger technological elements."
Boeing¡¯s top management has no opinion on this. In recent years, Boeing¡¯s breakthroughs in aircraft manufacturing have been almost mediocre. Before the emergence of Dongchen, the international civil aviation passenger aircraft situation had become very slow.??, the main models of Boeing and Airbus have always been models designed and produced more than ten or twenty years ago. During this period, Airbus launched the A380, which was not practical, and Boeing also launched the Boeing, which later had many problems. 787, but there are only two core models of both parties, Boeing 737 and 777, and Airbus 320 and 330.
If Boeing can absorb all of Airbus' software and combine the two to take advantage of their strengths, it will definitely be helpful to Boeing's new models. This will be like the merger of BMW and Mercedes-Benz one day, and Mercedes-Benz retains its strong performance, It has a sense of luxury and perfect riding experience, but also has the sense of sportiness, control and fashion of BMW. As long as there are no major deviations in the combination process, then the new product will inevitably have more highlights.
However, even if all the advantages of cars such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Bugatti and Ferrari are added together, they are still not as good as Dongchen Automobile. Therefore, Zhang Wenhao does not feel the slightest worry about the technological integration of Boeing and Airbus, regardless of whether they No matter how hard it is, it is impossible to defeat the future Dongchen aircraft.
Raymond became optimistic again. He excitedly told Boeing's senior managers: "Once Airbus' technology is integrated by us, we can create the best and most outstanding civil aviation aircraft in the world. Therefore, We must quickly launch new models and launch at least two epoch-making models! In this case, Dongchen will definitely not be able to compete with us."
A designer said: "Although I say that, Dongchen has never played according to the routine. If Dongchen really wants to compete with us, I think the first thing they will do is cut off our Engine supply, by that time, I¡¯m afraid we will immediately be stuck in a quagmire and unable to extricate ourselves.¡±
Raymond's expression suddenly turned cold, and he pondered for a moment, and said: "This problem is unavoidable for us. After all, the engine is in Dongchen's hands, and we cannot influence Dongchen's decision. However, if we I think we still have a great chance to make better aircraft. After all, no one knows what kind of aircraft Dongchen can build. If their aircraft have poor airworthiness and poor safety, I think the whole world will Airlines will not rashly purchase their aircraft. By that time, even if we lose Dongchen engines, airlines will have no choice but to purchase aircraft from us. The worst case scenario is that the civil aviation industry will regress back to Dongchen Aviation. That was the era before it appeared.¡±
On the sixth day after Airbus was acquired by Dongchen, the Americans launched the last positioning satellite for Dongchen. After the satellite was successfully put into orbit and started working, Dongchen launched the satellite to Dongchen at 2:30 a.m. Beijing time. Global announcement: The Dongchen satellite positioning system developed by Dongchen has completed global coverage. Dongchen will hold a worldwide media press conference in Yanjing three days later. At that time, Dongchen will not only The Dongchen positioning system was officially released, as well as Dongchen¡¯s multiple positioning terminal modules, and the global 4D map developed by Dongchen itself.
This has a huge impact on the world. The world has not yet recovered from the shock of Dongchen¡¯s acquisition of Airbus. Immediately afterwards, Dongchen¡¯s global positioning system was declared successful. Success was only the first step. Dongchen seemed to be still There are more mysteries that have not yet been solved, and no one knows what kind of shock and disbelief is brewing in Dongchen this time. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)