Yandex.Maps

Service audience

According to TNS, in May 2014, the Yandex.Maps and Traffic jams service was used by an average of 2.53 million people per day.

As of early 2018:

• 17 million house contours, 9.6 million addresses, 4 million organizations
• 100 thousand corrections of map objects per day
• Data update release twice a week (at the end of 2018 - every 0day)

The most accurate traffic jams in Russia

• Signal sources from 10 + million users
• Real-time recording of traffic jams
• Traffic forecast for the future
• Internal ETA Accuracy KPI for Real Time Traffic Jams and Forecast

What problems does it solve?

Improving the transparency of the work of mobile employees (couriers, drivers):

• for internal services of the company (dispatchers, supervisors, call center)
• for external customers - those who are waiting for mobile employees with orders

Improving Mobile Employee Productivity

• route adjustment when the delivery interval changes after agreement with the customer and when adding or canceling an order

Monetization of street panoramas

The competitor Yandex"" American company Google USA registered in 2010 a patent describing a way to place ads on virtual three-dimensional buildings and stretches, that is, on its Street View service. However, according to a company representative Zabrovskaya (October 2011), so far Street View does not have an advertising component. Today, such services add utility to maps and increase audience engagement, according to Google Yandex.

However, as the Marker.ru found out, some attempts to get direct proceeds from panoramas are still being made. For example, Yandex filmed a promotional test in the Moscow Bitsevsky forest: the operator was driving for a group of young people. Those ran in sneakers of a famous sports brand, and along the way the logos of the advertised company were depicted. Elina Staviskaya pointed out that Nike is so far the only commercial special project on Yandex panoramas ^[1]].

If you are unhappy with the discovery of your photo in Panoramas

Vadim Kolosov, a lawyer specializing in Internet law, believes that car numbers can hardly be attributed to personal data, since they do not directly correlate with the identity of the car owner: the corresponding databases are in closed access. It is more difficult with faces, Kolosov continues: in order to demand some kind of compensation in court, you need to prove that a person is the main subject of shooting. That is, the physiognomy should occupy a significant part of the photo, and here a lot depends on the opinion of the judge.

In favor of internet companies, it may indicate that they accidentally removed a person, pursuing another goal. In addition, the lawyer says, in Russia the level of protection of personal data is lower than in Europe, and the amount of compensation for moral damage does not have a legally established lower threshold. Therefore, in the case of violation of image rights, the services of a lawyer are unlikely to pay off, Kolosov concludes.

History

2024

Highly detailed maps of all million-plus cities

Yandex has updated highly detailed maps - now they are available for navigation in all million-plus cities in Russia. During the trip, Yandex Maps will show users the roads as in reality: with markings in lanes, parking spaces and security islands. This will help you navigate the road network and figure out at difficult junctions or in a new city for yourself. Yandex announced this on October 4, 2024.

To update the Maps, the service team digitized more than 47,000 km of the country's roads, adding more than 140 types of markings to them - from the borders of lanes to parking spaces. In addition, the application was taught to show the recommended trajectory of traffic taking into account lanes. This will help drivers rebuild in time before turning or turning.

Detailed maps of Russian cities were created using panorama reproject technology. This is a tool that overlays panoramas on satellite images with perspective in mind. It allows you to get an up-to-date image of roads and automate the process of detailing the map.

Detailed maps of large cities in Russia are available in Yandex Maps and Navigator applications, including when connected to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. To try a novelty, it is enough to build a route and go along it.

Ability to build routes inside buildings

In Yandex Maps, you can build routes inside train stations, airports and popular shopping centers. Such routes can already be built in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Ufa. Yandex announced this on September 26, 2024. The update will help you better navigate large organizations and find the right stores, restaurants or boarding gates faster.

You can build routes between objects inside the building, as well as from anywhere in the city - for example, on foot. The application will tell you the nearest entrance, help you find a crossing, escalator, elevator or staircase and lead directly to the desired place. As in normal navigation, Maps can offer several options to get there.

To build a route in a shopping center, the user needs to select his floor and clarify the location, and then specify the end point. And to build a route to a gate or railway track, you need to find it on the map, clamp it and click "here."

To enable routing inside buildings, the Kart team updated the floor schemes of organizations to which routes are most often built by car and public transport - they clarified the location of escalators, elevators and other objects. In addition, routing algorithms have been updated: now they know how to take into account the number of storeys and build routes at different levels of the building.

In the near future, more organizations will appear within which you can build routes, and the function will begin to work in other cities of Russia.

Add comfortable points to complete the route

More than a million comfortable points have appeared in Yandex Maps to complete the route throughout Russia. The developer announced this on September 20, 2024.

Now, when building a route by car in all major cities of Russia, Yandex Maps will offer several convenient destination options to choose from - for example, in a parking lot or in the drop-off zone. This will help you navigate the exit system and save travel time.

The most comfortable points for completing the route are selected by Yandex Maps technology. She studies information about buildings, entrances, nearby parking lots, and also takes into account impersonal data about where drivers usually finish a trip. Data on arrival points are updated daily and remain relevant. With the help of the new technology, more than a million arrival points throughout Russia have already been marked in Maps.

Support for the Flutter framework in the MapKit SDK and NaviKit SDK

API Yandex The Map team on September 9, 2024 presented the results of the implementation of support for the Flutter framework in the company's key mapping solutions for - mobile applications MapKit SDK and NaviKit SDK. Using the Yandex Maps API with Flutter helps reduce the total cost of developing testings and supporting mobile applications with integrated geoservices from Yandex.

Using the MapKit SDK, you can embed interactive maps into applications on Android iOS and and use the capabilities of Yandex Maps there. And the NaviKit SDK allows you to add Navigator technologies to your company's own application and customize them for business tasks. In turn, Flutter is a cross-platform development framework that allows you to create applications for different ones operating systems with the same code. With Flutter support in Yandex Maps API solutions, companies will be able to integrate interactive maps and navigation functionality into their mobile applications without the need to write additional code for different platforms. This will speed up the development process, preserve the unified style and design of the application across all platforms, and increase user satisfaction with more flexible and intuitive use of maps and. navigation

Other integration advantages include high performance and fast application downloads, stable and convenient updates. Due to the lack of platform-dependent code, companies will be able to save time and resources that were previously spent on developing and testing individual versions of applications for various platforms. This will simplify the process of building and supporting applications, which will ultimately reduce overall costs and improve business efficiency.

Adding a highly detailed map of cities in the south of Russia

Yandex A highly detailed map has been added to the Maps for navigation major cities in the south:,, and Russia. To Krasnodar Rostov-on-Don Yandex Sochi announced this on September 5, 2024. On the updated map, roads are displayed as in a real city: with lane markings, parking spaces and security islands. This will help Russians who go on a trip to navigate in car new cities for them.

In the application on the roads and highways of Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and Sochi, more than 140 types of markings are now visible - from the borders of lanes to parking spaces. In addition, on the way, Maps show the recommended trajectory, taking into account the lanes. This helps drivers better navigate interchanges in an unfamiliar city and rebuild in time before turning or turning. In total, more than 2000 km of roads in the south of Russia became detailed in the service.

Detailed maps of cities in southern Russia were created using panorama reproject technology. This is a tool that overlays panoramas on satellite images with perspective in mind. It allows you to get an up-to-date image of roads and automate the process of detailing the map.

Detailed maps of Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi, including the road to Krasnaya Polyana, are available in Yandex Maps and Navigator applications, including when connected to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. To try a novelty, it is enough to build a route and go along it.

Ability to check how the workload of organizations changes during the day

application Yandex In Maps, you can check how the workload of organizations changes during the day. The update will help you choose the day and time of the visit so that you do not have to stand in lines to the museum or wait for the table in your favorite coffee shop. Yandex announced this on August 30, 2024.

The workload schedule is available for restaurants, libraries, museums, zoos, MPSC and other organizations throughout Russia: just find the right organization, open its card and scroll down a little. The maps will tell you how many people visit the organization on different times and days of the week - for example, "usually few visitors," "usually average workload" or "usually many visitors."

Maps calculate the workload of an organization using. algorithm Based on users who are impersonal data about geoposition who share it in the application, he concludes how many people can be in certain places at different times of the day. information It shows the obtained in the form of a graph, which is updated weekly.

The function is already working in the Yandex Maps mobile application on iOS, and will soon appear on Android.

Add functions for more detailed route planning

API Yandex Maps have updated products in the "Routes and Navigation" category. They added features for more accurate route planning: "Detour selected zones," "Optimize the order of detours of points" and "Minimize left turns." They are especially relevant for services and retail express logistic companies - everyone who plans deliveries and organizes the transportation of goods. The developer announced this on August 22, 2024.

Updates are available in three navigation products: Distance Matrix, Getting Route Details and NaviKit SDK. The distance matrix calculates the length and duration of routes between different combinations of departure and destination. Obtaining route details builds a route between points for cars, public transport and pedestrians. Both products take into account traffic jams, weather forecast for a given time, transplants, stairs and other details. NaviKit SDK allows you to embed navigation functionality in your own application on iOS or Android, adapting driver scripts for business tasks.

The function "Minimizing left turns" is provided specifically for trucks. Left turns are the longest and most dangerous maneuvers. Excluding them reduces the risk of emergencies and reduces travel time. Thus, the safety and profitability of transportation is increased. The setting is available in the Distance Matrix and Route Parts Retrieval.

A "detour of selected areas" allows customers to build a route to detour certain locations or areas: for example, residential areas, the city center, construction or repair areas. This function is presented in the Distance Matrix, Route Details Receipt and NaviKit SDK.

"Optimization of the order of detours of points," added to the product Getting route details, allows you to automatically plan the optimal route between several points at the same time. Maximum - 50 addresses. Traffic jams and weather forecasts are taken into account when calculating the route. This feature will help the business reduce running time and, accordingly, fuel costs.

The added capabilities of our products will enable companies to achieve their desired business metrics by optimizing routing and navigation processes. The nuances of transportation, such as the exclusion of certain sections of the road or the restriction of turns to the left, can today be taken into account using geotechnology. We are glad to share with business current solutions that meet modern market needs, - commented Anton Tokbulatov, project manager of the Yandex Kart API.

Zaporizhzhya Ministry of Digital Development demanded that Yandex change its names on maps

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Zaporizhzhya Region demanded that Yandex immediately update the names of streets in Melitopol on Yandex Maps. As it became known on June 17, 2024, the request is due to the need to reflect the renaming adopted by the pro-Russian civil-military administrations in 2022-2023.

According to Kommersant, if the requirements are ignored, local authorities can apply to Rosreestr and the court. A letter demanding the names be updated was sent on June 13, 2024. In it, the Minister of Digital Development of the Zaporizhzhya Region Grigory Prokhvatilov asks Yandex to update the names of streets in Melitopol and report on the changes. The ministry confirmed that the letter was sent, while Yandex said it had not yet received it.

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Zaporizhzhya Region demanded that Yandex immediately update the names of streets in Melitopol

According to the publication, renaming affected a significant number of streets. So, Independence Street was renamed Alexander Zakharchenko Street, Ukrainian became Soviet, and Stepnaya became Rosgvardia Street. Grigory Prokhvatilov noted that the presence on the maps of the name of the theorist of Ukrainian nationalism Dmitry Dontsov, renamed Pavel Sudoplatov Street, "leads to an increase in extremist sentiments in the zone of a special military operation."

On another Russian service of online 2GIS cards owned by Sberbank, there are no cards of Melitopol and Zaporizhzhya region, Kommersant notes. In Navitel, whose controlling stake belongs to MTS, Melitopol maps are included in the Rossiya package, but the street names correspond to Ukrainian ones. The situation is similar in "VK Maps," the data of which are taken from OpenStreetMap.

Artem Yablokov, a lawyer and partner of the Yablokov Brothers company, explained that any owner of an online service displaying a territorial map of a settlement is obliged to comply with the federal law on geodesy and cartography and is subject to control by Rosreestr. "The administration of the settlement can submit a notification to Rosreestr, then - a claim against the service, and if there is no response, file a lawsuit," he added.^[2]

Optimizing navigation for pedestrians and cyclists

Yandex has released a large-scale update for pedestrians and cyclists in Yandex.Cartag. The company announced this on April 25, 2024.

Yandex Maps has significantly improved navigation for pedestrians and cyclists. Now the application shows the elevation differences for each route option, and on the way changes the map view so that the user can better see the path ahead. Updates allow you to select the most suitable route for a walk in advance and comfortably follow it.

When building a route on foot, bike or scooter, Maps will show a graph of the elevation difference and the number of steep climbs and stairs on the way. In addition, pedestrians will see an approximate number of steps, and cyclists - whether there are bike paths on the route and whether they will have to drive onto the roadway.

In addition, on the road you no longer have to move and "zoom" the map manually: The maps automatically change the view in the direction of movement, bringing the route closer and away if necessary. For example, when you need to go for a long time or go in a straight line, you can see more of the way ahead. And when the turn is approaching, the application will show a hint and bring the map closer so that it can be better seen where exactly you need to turn.

The map itself has been updated: the house numbers and entrances on it are brighter, and more paths, sidewalks and bike paths are still visible. In addition, Maps now "bind" the route cursor to them in order to more accurately show the location. New improvements will soon appear: for example, when choosing a route, it will be possible to exclude options with steep climbs.

2023

Details about the city emerge

Yandex More details about places and organisations in the city are now available in Maps - making it easier for people to choose the right ones. The labels of places on the map have become clearer, and stories with details have appeared in the cards - they are. neuronet YandexGPT Yandex announced this on November 16, 2023.

The labels of places that serve as city landmarks, for example, museums, temples or theaters, have photographs - it is easy to recognize a building in life from them. And short descriptions were added to the labels of organizations: for example, "Vietnamese cuisine" or "author's cocktails." They are compiled by YandexGPT based on user reviews. Descriptions allow you to quickly get an idea of ​ ​ the place. If you click on the label, Yandex Maps will show other places from the same category within a radius of two kilometers - so that you can compare them with each other.

The cards of organizations have also been updated. They now have videos to help you learn more about the interior and atmosphere of the place. Owners of organizations and users of Maps have already downloaded about 650 thousand videos for more than 215 thousand organizations.

Also in the cards there was a section "Briefly about the place" - these are interactive stories that YandexGPT writes. The neural network analyzes reviews and selects the most characteristic moments. From stories you can find out about the main features of the place, and if it is interested, build a route to it, call or go to the site.

Data integration with Yandex Routing service

Yandex has learned to take into account the weather when calculating routes for business. This became possible thanks to the integration of Yandex Weather data and the Yandex Map API: now the travel time will be adjusted taking into account historical data on the impact of weather on the speed of cars. At the same time, the actual weather forecast and the situation on the roads will help to clarify routes in real time. Yandex announced this on November 1, 2023. Read more here.

NaviKit SDK - based on the car navigator "X5 Transport"

X5 Group implemented navigation NaviKit technology SDK from API Yandex Maps for drivers. Kh5 Transport Now the route management is displayed inside, and enterprise application for drivers the calculation of the optimal path takes into account not only the current road situation and traffic jams, but also the class, dimensions and tonnage of trucks, speed restrictions on the route and other parameters to choose from, which allows you to quickly deliver fresh food to distribution centers or store shelves. X5 Group announced this on October 30, 2023. More. here

Availability of advertising formats "Premium billboard," "Banner in Geoservices with stories," "Premium banner"

On October 16, 2023, Yandex announced that 3 premium advertising formats appeared in Yandex geoservices. Geomedy formats will help tell users who are on the way or planning a route about the company.

As reported, advertisers have access to three premium formats at once in Maps and Navigator: Premium billboard on the route in Geoservices, Banner in Geoservices with stories and Premium banner when building the route.

A premium billboard on the route in Geoservices will attract the attention of users in Yandex Maps and Navigator applications thanks to a customized 3D model on the map, which organically fits into the application. The format can be represented not only by standard logos, but also in the form of flagship products, visualized images of the main values ​ ​ of the brand or user desires. For example, in the form of a coffee cup with a bun, scooters or gifts - advertisers have already placed such 3D models in test campaigns. This is the most noticeable advertising format in Geoservices - according to the first tests, the clickability of the premium format is up to 3 times higher than that of a standard billboard along the route.

A banner in Geoservices with stories appears on the screen during a car stop - so it does not distract the user from the road. By clicking on the advertisement, a story opens with additional information about the product or service with the ability to go to the company's website.

When building a route, the premium banner is shown in the Navigator. By clicking on the ad, the user can go directly to the site in the browser, open the site inside the application, see the advertiser's story or fullscreen banner - and there you can study the offer in more detail.

Advertising in Yandex Maps and Navigator is an opportunity to natively integrate into the user script - geoservices are "always in your pocket" and help you solve everyday tasks of the audience every day. With their help, people are looking for the right store, gas station or hairdresser. According to Ipsos, 97% of respondents have used geoservices at least once in the last month, while 86% of respondents prefer Yandex services. noted Denis Malyavin, head of geomedy advertising at Yandex

Adding NaviKit SDK

On October 9, 2023, Yandex announced that the NaviKit SDK, an addition to the software library for mobile applications, appeared in Yandex Maps. It allows you to create your own car navigator for Android and iOS based on Yandex mapping and navigation technologies. With NaviKit, you can tailor driver user scripts to specific business tasks and implement them in your application.

Among the main functions that NaviKit allows you to integrate are route management with warnings about maneuvers, cameras, road works. Thanks to ready-made text annotations and available functionality, companies can make voice tracking of the route. At the same time, the routes themselves will be accurate and relevant: when calculating the route options, NaviKit will take into account not only traffic jams and distances, but also additional parameters specified by the customer - class and dimensions of the car, speed restrictions, exclusion of toll roads and others.

NaviKit can be used in many industries: from the extractive industry or the automotive industry to retail and delivery. For example, logistics companies can establish rules for the safe transportation of goods by limiting the speed of drivers and setting certain routes, as well as setting up the receipt of information about the movements of cars in real time. Resource mining companies can organize the display of alerts about upcoming turns and changes on the highway ahead of the usual scenario in order to provide drivers in the northern regions with more time to maneuver. Automakers based on Yandex technologies can develop their own navigator in a proprietary design for an on-board computer, offering users an even more comfortable experience in driving.

The NaviKit SDK is what our navigation works on. We develop it for millions of people, but we understand that the needs of the business may differ from the needs of users. Therefore, we give companies the opportunity to use Yandex's geo expertise and adapt our technologies for themselves. This will save years of development and increase the comfort of drivers, eliminating the need to switch from the company's internal application to Yandex.Navigator or another service, - commented Anton Tokbulatov, head of the Yandex Map API product.

NaviKit SDK is included in the Yandex Maps API line from Yandex, which allow businesses to use current geolocation solutions, embed maps on sites and applications, as well as solve problems related to routing and navigation.

Improved GPS-free geo-positioning

Users of the Yandex Maps and Yandex Navigator applications drew attention to a new function: clarifying the geoposition using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth without GPS. This became known on June 9, 2023.

According to Rozetked, for the function to work, you need to update the Maps and Navigator application to the latest version and enable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the device. The editor of the publication received a corresponding notification from Yandex. The press service of Yandex told Rozetked that they are working to improve the definition of geoposition. Taxi drivers also received an innovation, the company said.

It follows from the description that the inclusion of wireless modules will improve navigation accuracy and reduce the impact of GPS failures. The publication believes that navigation applications measure the signal power from wireless modules and determine the relative geoposition of the smartphone.

Interruptions in determining the geoposition in Moscow began in May 2023 after a drone attack on the Kremlin. Due to failures in the operation of taxi and car sharing services, problems began. Some passengers and drivers did not display the landing point correctly. Then Yandex.Taxi began to further clarify with passengers the address of the car.

As told in Yandex.Taxi, all geoapplications receive coordinates from another device. Sometimes the data is transmitted incorrectly, this happens, for example, in tunnels. And the same happened on May 30, 2023, with the difference that affected more points.

Experts interviewed by Vedomosti believe that there is no need to worry and use offline maps, although the situation could cause problems for those who use navigation in logistics and in taxis. He believes that the situation was created due to increased security measures.^[3]

Representation of the Geosagest tool

Yandex June 6, 2023 presented in Yandex Maps a tool for business - Geosagest. The ready-made software solution as part of API Yandex Maps prompts the names of organizations, cities and streets when entering. This helps companies make it easier CRM to fill out forms on their sites, in or. mobile applications

Geosagest as of June 2023 knows more than 29 million addresses in Russia and the CIS. He understands and recognizes even words with typos and folk names. For example, Mozhaika will be given to Mozhaika.

The solution will be useful, for example, for online stores. Their customers will be able to checkout faster, which will help increase conversion to purchases. It will also be useful for delivery services, where a typo in the address can lead to the fact that the courier will deliver the order in the wrong place, and the client will refuse the goods. All this can be avoided by prompting the address when entering.

Geosagest will also be relevant for call centers, banks and other companies where you need to fill out applications and documents. Employees and customers do not have to fully register and check the addresses and names of companies, since the API will immediately offer them the right options. This will save time, and in addition, it will be convenient to fill out forms on mobile devices as well.

Possibility of payment for parking in Moscow

On March 1, 2023, Yandex announced that drivers can pay for parking in Yandex Maps - in the same place where they build routes for their car. Now to do this, they do not need to switch between applications or pay by SMS. The function for March 2023 is available only in Moscow, but will later appear in other cities.

It is enough to park the car and activate the parking layer in the application by clicking on the R. icon on the screen. Then find your parking lot, click on it and pay for the required time in the card that appears. If it turns out that the paid time is not enough, the parking can be extended. And if you did everything earlier than planned, complete it ahead of schedule. In this case, the money will be returned to the parking account. They can partially or fully pay for the next parking lot.

For March 2023, everything works in the Yandex Maps application on Android and iOS, and later it will appear in the Navigator. Payment is available in city parking lots, except those closed by barriers.

Ability to warn drivers about level crossings, ferry crossings and 'speed bumps'

On January 17, 2023, Yandex announced that Yandex Maps had learned to warn drivers about level crossings, ferry crossings and speed bumps, as well as exclude routes with bad roads - wherever possible. All this will allow you to better plan trips, make them safer and help you choose the best roads to save your car.

When building a route, you can now turn on the "Avoid bad and unpaved roads" option in its parameters - then Maps will lead only on asphalt roads, if possible.

In addition, there were warnings about level crossings and ferry crossings - even when choosing from several routes, the driver will see if they are on the way. So he will be able to choose an alternative route, by detour. And if there is no other road, it will be borne in mind that it is worth laying down more time for the trip or planning a gas station in advance.

Additional voice notifications have also been added. If a railway crossing does occur on the way, the driver will hear a hint when he drives up to him. This will help to focus as much as possible on the road and make sure that there is no train nearby and you can go through the crossing. Also, clues will now sound in front of the "speed bumps" if the speed of the car is higher than 40 km/h.

2022

Add Where to Eat and What to Do

On December 20, 2022 Yandex , Maps added Russia sections "Where to eat" and "What to do" to city cards with thematic collections that neuronet the service generates. Such collections will be useful to both residents and. to tourists They will help plan evenings, weekends and vacations.

To find selections for the desired city, just enter its name in the search bar of the application or the web version of Maps. The card will open, and in it, along with information about the city, the sections "What to do" and "Where to eat."

The first includes five collections: "Popular" - the most visited places of the city are collected here, "With Children" - this is usually a circus, theaters, playgrounds, a separate selection contains museums. And besides this, places for walking "In the city" and "In nature": there you can choose whether to see the sights or just walk among the trees.

The "Where to Eat" section contains the best cafes and restaurants in the city and has filters for dishes. For example: pizza, pho, steaks and so on. So you can trust good ratings and reviews or choose a cafe with the right kitchen.

Adding Taxi and Scooter Services

Yandex Maps has updated the main screen of the mobile application. The main city services have become available in one click. This will allow you to solve everyday problems on one screen: find organizations, build routes, refuel a car, watch the schedule of city transport, call a taxi and rent scooters. The update is available on Android and is coming to iOS soon. Yandex announced this on December 6, 2022.

The main screen already had Navigator, Transport and Gas Stations, and now Taxi and Scooters have joined them. That is, standing at a bus stop, you can see in the Maps when the bus comes up, and if you wait too long, you can immediately order a taxi or rent a scooter when the weather allows.

The appearance of the icons has also changed - they have become brighter and more recognizable so that it is easier for users to find familiar services.

This update is another step in the development of Yandex Maps as an application to the city, which not only gives up-to-date information about it, but also allows you to interact with organizations and services, organically integrating them into the user's path and simplifying the solution of everyday tasks.

We strive to expand the usual experience of interacting with the city and set the direction of development for the entire field of geonavigation applications. Therefore, we are developing Yandex Maps as a city service, in which it is convenient not only to look for places and build routes to them, but also to solve related problems - to order a taxi or refuel without leaving the car. And also order food, sign up for beauty salons, leave reviews and create collections of your favorite places - all this in one application and a couple of clicks, - said Olga Bobkova, product manager at Yandex Kart.

Yandex Maps give users instant access to important city services, transport infrastructure and information about the city. As of December 2022, 85 million people use the mobile application and the web version of the service every month.

Start searching for places and organizations using neural networks

In November 2022, Yandex.Maps launched an improved search for organizations based on machine learning and neural networks - now the service analyzes all available information about the organization and finds even more places for complex requests without using additional filters. For example, it is enough for the user to write "a restaurant with a beautiful view of the city" so that "Maps" show suitable places, even if their description does not mention the view, but this is said in reviews or can be seen in photos.

According to the developers, the new search has learned to understand the meaning of the user's request and find the most suitable options for places in the locations he needs using neural networks. They analyze not only the description and keywords from the owners, but also the company's website, photos, menus, price lists and user reviews, classify them and give them ratings, and then select places with the most suitable rating for the request. For example, neural networks will help the user quickly find where to cook the desired dish - just ask: "where to cook borscht" or "cafe with desserts."

{{quote "Now we are looking not only for exact coincidences in the texts, but also for meaning," says Andrey Danilchenko, head of the Yandex.Maps geopositing quality group. - For example, at the request of the "bath," our algorithms just need to find organizations under the heading "Bath" and take into account their location. At the request of the "wood bath" any bath will not be shown, especially in the descriptions of the "steam room on wood" is not always present. And then our neural networks come to the rescue. They may notice the wood in the photo or read references to them in reviews. And in the end, we give out more places that are suitable for the user. }} It is noted that the new search is able to work with more complex cases when people are looking for places with subjective characteristics. For example, "the best hostels in Moscow for two for a long time." Information about this cannot be seen in the photo and cannot always be read in reviews or on the site. But the neural network will understand what the user wants based on all the information available to her. And in the end, even on such a difficult request, he will be able to find more suitable places.

The ability to find out in advance how much the route can take by car at the time they need

On September 20, 2022, Yandex announced that Yandex Kart users have the opportunity to find out in advance how much the route can take by car at the time they need. This will help you plan your trip so as not to be late and not arrive too soon.

This function will be useful for those who travel, for example, to the airport. Users will be able to estimate how much time to lay on the road. And you can also check the duration of the path by going out of town. Maps will build a route based on historical data traffic jams and show how long the trip usually takes.

To use the function, you need to build a route, click on the clock to the left of the "Let's go" button and select a date and time. The maps will show the approximate travel time, but if you click "Let's go" - they will warn you that they will rebuild the route for the current time.

Previously, it was possible to see the duration of the future trip only by building a route on a public one. And transport now it is available to those who are going to go on. car

Yandex Maps is an application to the city with which you can find places and build routes to them on any transport or on foot. Motorists Maps show traffic jams, cameras, speed limits and street closures. And they also offer faster routes if the road situation changes during the trip. In addition, in the application you can find parking lots and pay for gas stations. Each month, 85 million people use Cards.

Optimization of route construction for visits to several places in a row

On August 17, 2022, Yandex announced that Yandex Maps are now not only being built, but also optimizing routes so that they do not have to travel from one end of the city to another. You can optimize the route when there are from four to ten places on it.

To do this, you need to build a route to any place you need, then add the rest of the places to it in any order and click the "Optimize" button. Cards will arrange places in the order in which they are fastest to pass or pass.

Optimization works on pedestrian routes, as well as routes by car and public transport. Road routes take into account not only the location of places, but also traffic jams. The option is in the application and the web version of Yandex Maps.

Optimization of routes will come in handy, for example, when you need to call in two or three stores, pick up a parcel at the post office and at the same time have time to eat somewhere. Or if in a new city you want to see as many attractions as possible in a short time.

Yandex Maps help you navigate the city and answer everyday questions from pedestrians and drivers. In them you can always find out the current route of public transport and see online where the desired tram, bus or trolleybus is going. Also, Maps lay car routes taking into account traffic jams and give hints while driving, warn about cameras, accidents and repair work. Each month, 85 million people use the mobile application and the web version of the service.

3D models of new buildings appeared in Yandex.Maps

On July 29, 2022, Yandex announced that Yandex.Maps had added detailed 3D models of buildings that are still under construction. This will help those who choose an apartment to consider the houses in detail, assess their location, and also see how the area will change.

Five new residential complexes in Moscow were the first to be loaded into Maps. In the near future, 20 more large residential complexes in Moscow and the regions will be published in 3D. Not everything has yet been built on the site, but on the map it will be possible to inspect the buildings in detail and from all sides, as well as assess the surrounding area. 3D models of buildings in Maps will also allow you to study in detail the infrastructure around the residential complex - which stores are nearby, where there are public transport stops, roads and parking lots, parks. And also - imagine what the view from the windows will be.

"We studied the question and found out that when looking for housing, people somehow go to Yandex.Maps - study the area, look at panoramas, build a route to a new residential complex from the place of work or the parents' house. The advent of 3D models will be a useful addition in this scenario, " - says Kirill Novikov, product manager of Yandex.Maps

You can view 3D buildings in the web version of Maps. They were also added to the pages of residential complexes in the web version of Yandex.Real Estate.

Yandex.Maps help you navigate the city and answer everyday questions from pedestrians and drivers. In them you can always find out the current route of public transport and see online where the desired tram, bus or trolleybus is going. Also, Maps lay car routes taking into account traffic jams and give hints while driving, warn about cameras, accidents and repair work. Each month, 85 million people use the mobile application and the web version of the service (data as of July 2022).

Yandex. Maps "stopped showing the borders of states

In June 2022, Yandex.Maps stopped showing the borders of states both in the mobile application and in the web version of the service. As the company explained to TASS, the overview map from which the borders of the countries are removed will become physical and geographical and, accordingly, the emphasis will be on natural objects.

Yandex Maps is a universal city service that helps you find organizations and places nearby, choose public transport and build car routes. These are the main scenarios for our users. In the near future, on an overview scale on which the service is not used in its main scenarios, the map will become physico-geographical, the service said in a statement.

The company added that the task of Yandex.Maps is to "display the world around," so mountains, rivers, lines of polar circles and other data characteristic of this type of map will appear on the map. Changes will appear gradually.

Users on social networks suggested that changes in Yandex.Maps, in which the borders of states are not displayed, are related to the situation in Ukraine. By June 2022, a Russian military operation is taking place in this country, during which part of the country's territories came under the control of the Russian Federation, for example, the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, in which referendums on accession to Russia may take place.

On April 25, 2022, the Vedomosti newspaper wrote that Yandex.Maps and Google Maps online services were still displayed for Russian users of the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as belonging to Ukraine, despite the fact that the Russian Federation officially recognized the DPR and LPR as independent states. The settlements of the DPR and LPR at that time were marked by the cartographic services Yandex and Google as part of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.^[4]

2021

Alice Contact Set

Alice learned to call the list of contacts from Yandex mobile applications and Yandex.Cart. This was Yandex announced on December 16, 2021. More. here

Central Bank will pay Yandex tens of millions to display banks and insurance on cards

In early August 2021, it became known that the Yandex.Maps official points of access to financial services marked will be displayed on "." Bank of Russia The regulator will spend 62 million on the implementation of this project, rubles they write "" Sheets with reference to the procurement documentation. More. here

2020

Yandex.Maps will show the schedule of public transport for a month in advance

Yandex.Maps in September 2020 has a full schedule of public transport for the month ahead. This will help users plan trips more accurately - for example, find out when the last tram leaves the stop and how it runs on weekends or even days.

The schedule can be checked in the stop card. It indicates the time of arrival or how often the desired transport runs - for example, every 5 or 10 minutes. Also in the schedule, you can filter routes and open the built-in calendar to see how transport goes on a specific day. You can check where the desired bus or tram is going right now in the "Transport" mode - their marks will be reflected on the map in real time.

The transport schedule is available for almost all cities in Russia. The data is collected by Yandex cartographers, and they are also transmitted by partners - companies that ensure the movement of public transport.

Launch Priority Ad Placement

Yandex.Maps continue to support small businesses and launch a single priority placement for organizations. This will help entrepreneurs quickly receive clients from various sources - Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Directive and Yandex Advertising Network. The system will automatically direct traffic to where there is a demand for the organization's services, and the price per click is optimal. Yandex announced this on April 27, 2020.

Many establishments during the self-isolation regime were closed to the public, but continued to take away, launched delivery or issuance of goods. At the same time, they do not have enough resources to quickly respond to the situation and change the strategy of attracting customers.

A single placement will save entrepreneurs time and optimize advertising costs. Businesses do not have to spend time preparing and configuring ads separately for each source. Geotargeting will be especially relevant, which shows advertising within a certain radius and attracts customers nearby. To support small businesses, Yandex.Maps will provide entrepreneurs with 7,000 placement ₽.

Events develop in an active way. Some stores operate as usual, and in a week they are forced to switch to online delivery. We saw that businesses do not have time to rebuild and receive the necessary advertising traffic, so we decided to launch a single location, where everything is configured automatically. Some organizations have already tried it in test mode - their advertising traffic immediately recovered, commented Yuri Ustinov, head of the priority placement service in Yandex.Maps

Prior to that, Yandex.Maps has the opportunity to add buttons about the sale of certificates and delivery to the card of organizations. In addition, the service began to show the size of the queue in some supermarkets in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

As part of the service for online control of the number of people at the cash desks "Crossroads"

On April 14, 2020, X5 Retail Group announced that the Perekrestok retail chain is developing a queue video analytics project and is launching a service for consumers to online control the number of people at cash desks based on 55 supermarkets in Moscow and St. Petersburg. You can monitor the number of people at the cash desk in the nearest "Crossroads" in the web version of Yandex.Kart. Read more here.

AppGallery Availability

On April 8, 2020, it became known about the full integration company mobile applications Yandex in the app store. AppGallery More. here

New Small Business Route Planning Feature

On January 22, 2020, it was announced that the route planning function for small businesses appeared in Yandex.Maps, which serves to optimize the work of couriers and drivers.

The tool was called "Routes for Small Businesses," it runs on Yandex.Routing technologies. This logistics platform is usually used by large transport companies and courier services.

"Routes for small business" allow you to add up to 50 addresses, select a date and plan delivery for the desired day, as well as forward the ready-made route to the courier's phone, which will open immediately in the Yandex.Maps application.

The logist can add delivery addresses to the card in any order. The algorithm will then analyze them and give the optimal result in time after enumerating all possible combinations of given places, taking into account the forecast of traffic congestion.

The logist in any order adds addresses to the map that need to be visited by couriers, then clicks the "Optimize" button and gets the route. It is stated that after optimization, travel time decreases by 15-20%.

According to Danila Shelekhov, head of Yandex.Routing, every day 10 thousand Yandex.Maps users build routes to several addresses, "the majority are entrepreneurs and logicians." "Routes for small businesses" will suit companies with a small number of full-time or hired drivers - shops, cafes and dry cleaners, he said.

At the same time, the new function is available for all users, nothing needs to be additionally connected. The basic version will cost free, but in 2020 Yandex is going to test additional paid features - for example, add accounting for the time interval in which the courier should be in one of the intermediate points.

2019

Integration with the products "Motor Vehicle Management Prof" and "1C: Transport Logistics, Forwarding and Motor Vehicle Management Corp"

On November 14, 2019, 1C-Rarus announced that in the products "Transport Management Prof" and "1C: Transport Logistics, Forwarding and Management of Corp Vehicles" it became possible to work with the Yandex.Maps service. Read more here.

The emergence of public transport schedules and stops

On November 14, 2019, a new version of the Yandex.Maps mobile application was announced. Now the service for iPhone and Android not only offer different route options, but also allow you to compare them with each other - in terms of travel time and approximate cost of the trip.

You can find out what to get to work faster: by car, bus or bicycle. Or check how different taxi prices and car sharing are - if these services work in the selected city.

In the updated Yandex.Maps for mobile devices, a separate section is devoted to transport. The application will show where the desired bus, trolleybus, tram or minibus is now , and will specify how much is left to wait at the bus stop. The program shows transport movements in more than 80 Russian cities.

By mid-November 2019, the number of Yandex.Maps users is 50 million people, the annual audience growth of the mobile version is about 30%.

According to Yandex.Radar, 4.6 million people use the Yandex.Maps service every day, of which approximately 1.5 million use the service's mobile applications.^[5]

Cafe menus and prices for services in beauty salons

On October 24, 2019, Yandex announced that a cafe menu and prices for services in beauty salons appeared in the Yandex.Maps application.

You can now study the menu of establishments and prices in beauty salons in the Yandex.Map application. This is convenient when you need to quickly find out what is served in the restaurant or how much it costs to haircut in a barbershop near the house to choose the right place.

The menu and list of services with prices are located in the organization's card, before they were visible only in the web version of Maps. In 2019, their number almost doubled: as of October 2019, the menu of 25 thousand establishments and prices for services of 18 thousand beauty salons are displayed on Maps. In order for the information in the card to always be relevant, the owners of the organization monitor - they can add menus and prices for free in the Yandex.Reference account. Additional menu data comes from Yandex.Ed.

Menus help people choose places - just like ratings, reviews or photos. On Maps, you can even find dishes from the menu - for example, typing borscht or spaghetti bolognese in your search. In all the establishments that will appear on the map, you can study the dishes in more detail and see the prices to choose the right cafe. Also with services - Maps will tell you where you do a manicure nearby and show how much it costs. Menus and prices for services are already available in the latest version of the application on iOS, on Android they will appear in the next update.

2018: Electability of polling station

On August 24, 2018, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation announced that now with the help of the Yandex service. Maps "you can choose a convenient polling station. This opportunity is available for residents of Moscow in test mode. In the near future, the choice of a polling station on Yandex. Kart "will work for residents of other regions, where regional and federal elections will be held on September 9, 2018.

After choosing a convenient polling station on Yandex. Kart "the user can go to the Unified Portal of Public Services to apply for inclusion in the list of voters at the location. The choice of a polling station has become even more convenient and accessible to users. Oleg Kachanov, Director of the Informatization Projects Department of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia

As reported, citizens of Russia can submit an electronic application for inclusion in the voter list at their location on the Unified Portal of Public Services and in the State Services mobile application until September 5, 2018. The service is available to users of the Unified Portal of Public Services with a confirmed account who have reached the age of 18 on voting day, as well as those who have not applied earlier. You can select a site once during the election campaign. An application for the choice of a polling station will be received by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. After processing, a confirmation form will appear on the public services portal with information about the selected polling station, which can be printed or saved on a mobile device.

2017

Yandex.Maps have learned to show prices

As it became known on July 26, Yandex.Maps users for Android will now find it easier to choose a beauty salon, cafe or other place - the application began to show the prices or working conditions of organizations right on the map.^[6]

The data displayed by the application helps you compare organizations and make choices. For example, for restaurants it is the average check, for hotels it is the number of stars and the price per night, and for supermarkets it is the opening hours. A person can quickly view the map with the found places and decide where it is better to go.

To get more detailed information, for example, a phone number or feedback, you can go to the organization card. In addition, the Yandex.Maps application marks places that have not yet opened or have already finished working in gray.

Yandex receives prices for goods and services from the organizations themselves or collects them on their websites. Any company can add its prices to mobile Yandex.Maps using the Yandex.Directory service. It also allows you to update data as needed.

One Atlas Snapshot Library Access

SCANEX and Airbus Defense and Space signed an agreement with Yandex in May 2017 to provide access to satellite coverage with an area of ​ ​ more than 180 million km ² based on the One Atlas platform.

One Atlas is an annually updated and available online base layer consisting of high-quality unified satellite images of the Earth's surface. One Atlas data will be integrated into Yandex.Maps: this will provide access to current images from SPOT 6/7 satellites with a resolution of 1.5 m per pixel and Pléiades data with a resolution of 0.5 m per pixel.

"Yandex.Maps

already has detailed schemes of most countries of the world with a satellite layer," commented Andrei Strelkov, head of Yandex's geo-products department, on the agreement. "Access to current and high-quality images of the OneAtlas platform will help you regularly improve the company's geo-services."

2016

Search on mobile "Yandex.Maps" now works without the Internet

In March 2016, Yandex released the Yandex.Maps update for iOS and Android. Now addresses and organizations can be searched and saved offline - for this, just download maps of the desired cities and regions in the application.

"Users have long asked us for the opportunity to add offline search to mobile Maps. This is very convenient with an unstable connection or to save traffic - for example, on a trip, - says the head of mobile Yandex.Maps Yury Podorozhny. "This opportunity appeared thanks to the transition to vector maps

."

Vector maps are much more compact than raster maps. If earlier 827 MB was required to store the map of Kyiv, now it takes only 47 MB. Information about all organizations and their addresses is now stored with the card right on the device - so you no longer need the Internet to search.

Without the Internet, you can open a map, find the desired address or organization on it - for example, a bank or cafe - and save it in your favorites. If you touch the object, the application will show useful information: the schedule of the museum, the phone number of the pharmacy or bus numbers at the bus stop. You need an Internet connection to build a route, see traffic jams, photos and reviews of organizations.

Navigating the new maps has also become easier. Street names are now easier to read, since they are always displayed on top of traffic jams, and the map can not only be rotated, but also change the angle of its tilt if you swipe on the screen with two fingers.

Yandex.Maps learned to lay walking routes

Yandex has added the function of laying hiking routes to the Yandex.Maps mobile application for Android and iOS and to the web version of the service. The opportunity is available in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

After the formation of the pedestrian route "Yandex.Maps" indicate its length in kilometers and the estimated time of following it. The maximum length of the pedestrian route that Yandex.Maps can build is 50 km.

The functionality is based on data entered into Yandex.Maps by private users - the so-called folk cartographers. They mark on the maps pedestrian paths that they personally passed, including passages inside courtyards, paths in parks, paths, etc.

When working with the application, the user can make changes if he independently found a shorter path. The editing will be seen by the company's moderators, after which the new track will be included in the pedestrian graph.

2011

Introduction of panoramas of the streets of the capital of Belarus - Minsk, as well as three Russian cities

Yandex reported that panoramas of the streets of the capital of Belarus - Minsk, as well as three Russian cities - Krasnoyarsk, Orenburg and Penza appeared on Yandex.Maps. The company reported on the previous update of panoramas on Yandex in April this year, when eleven more Ukrainian cities appeared on the service, including Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Odessa, Uzhgorod, Kharkov and Chernivtsi.

In May 2011, Yandex announced that the Yandex.Maps service had learned to build public transport routes . Now not only motorists, but also pedestrians can plan a trip around the city using the service. Yandex.Maps instantly find travel options from point A to point B. When building a route, the service takes into account many parameters, including the time spent on transfers and waiting at stops, the speed of traffic around the city. A person can choose the most suitable route option, for example, to the station - quickly, without a transfer or so as to walk less.

The public transport route planner is now in beta testing mode. It takes into account the metro and all buses, trolleybuses and trams in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as St. Petersburg minibuses. In the near future, the list of cities will be replenished, the planner will appear in the Yandex.Maps mobile application, the company said in a statement.

Service launch in Turkey and Russia

In October 2011, it became known that local Yandex.Maps were launched in Turkey. At the same time, on the Panorama service, faces and car numbers are lost - in order to avoid conflicts with local legislation. The Russian company learns from someone else's experience: Google regularly has conflicts in different countries related to its similar Street View service. In Russia, Yandex did not cover up the face - there were no complaints about this.

Although Google holds more than 90% of the Turkish search market, Street View is not represented in this country. The Russian company decided to take advantage of this. After filming Istanbul and Ankara, the company decided to automatically erase faces and car numbers. The representative of Yandex Elina Staviskaya explained that their publication on the Internet may violate Art. 20 of the Turkish Constitution and Art. 24 of the local Civil Code.

Especially for "putty," its own technology was developed that allows you to recognize and "blur" objects from different angles. Turkish panoramas were processed on 25 servers for four days. In total, 2 million people and 1.5 million license plates were found on the panoramas of Istanbul and Ankara. Nevertheless, the Yandex algorithm does not always work correctly.

In Russia, Yandex is not going to apply the developments - for three years of work, Panorama has not received any complaints about personal data, says Staviskaya. She adds that Russian law does not require hiding people and cars if they are not the main subject of the shooting. A similar situation in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

Google Rake

In a number of countries, Google launched its Street View in 2007. As the representative of Google Alla Zabrovskaya said, the company is still working on the launch of Street View in Russia. When it is planned, it is not announced. They have been talking about the preparation of the service in the Russian office of the corporation since at least 2010, but filming is now really underway: in September-October, Russian media reported on the filming of Google attractions and provincial cities. Now photos from the Panoramio service are tied to Google maps in Russia, Turkey and other countries, as well as tours of the Hermitage and Tretyakov Gallery are available. Zabrovskaya noted that in Russia, as elsewhere in the world, the faces and numbers of machines will be programmatically blurred, and people will be able to quickly complain about the violation of their rights.

As you know, in a number of countries, Google has had scandals related to this service. Conflicts, fines were in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, South Korea, Czech Republic, France. A number of proceedings concerned, in particular, the collection by Street View cars of information from unprotected Wi-Fi networks found along the way.

See also

• Google Maps, Google Earth
• Apple Maps
• Here HD Live Map
• Yandex.Navigator
• Maps.Me
• Navitel Navigator
• Roscosmos: Digital Earth

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