The maps will be built to a business platform like Taobao.”Before becoming a Taobao on maps, AutoNavi plans to become the gateway for consumers to find information about everyday life, eating, housing and transportation. Of course Taobao had strong competitors, such as eBay, too when it dreamed big to build such a platform. There’s also possibility that Taobao will launch such a maps-based shopping product to compete with AutoNavi. 100 million App InstallationsAutoNavi announced that its Amap users surpassed 100 million last week. While other consumer-facing maps apps are for free, AutoNavi has been making money there, not from users but from businesses.