INSIDE examines how China’s Amap has become controversial in Taiwan beyond ordinary mapping or navigation use. The article says its service relies on user data and AI-based inference rather than full official data integrations. That model could send movement traces and behavioral signals back to China, creating risks for hybrid warfare intelligence, influence operations, and Taiwan’s broader governance of map data and digital infrastructure.
本文分享了爆紅地圖應用「Chronotrains」的開發故事。該應用能視覺化呈現從歐洲任一車站出發,在 5 小時內可抵達的範圍。作者 Benjamin Tran Dinh 分享了他如何利用 Next.js、Mapbox 與 Vercel 的 Serverless 架構與邊緣快取,在面對社群媒體帶來的巨大病毒式流量時,依然保持網站穩定與極致的載入速度,並探討了前端效能優化的關鍵技巧。