2GIS

2GIS

Company type	Private
Founded	1999 (1999)
Founders	Alexander Sysoev Dmitriy Sysoev
Headquarters	Novosibirsk
Products	Digital maps
Revenue	4,260,000,000 Russian ruble (2020)
Operating income	261,286,000 Russian ruble (2017)
Net income	238,550,000 Russian ruble (2020)
Total assets	3,122,878,000 Russian ruble (2017)
Number of employees	3000
Website	2gis.com

"2GIS" (pronounced "tugis", before the rebranding in 2011 - "DoubleGIS") is an international cartographic company that produces electronic directories with the same name with city maps since 1999.

The main office of "2GIS" is located in Novosibirsk. The company has directories for many cities in Russia, as well as several cities abroad - in Kazakhstan, Italy, the Czech Republic, Chile, the UAE, Kirghizia, Ukraine and Cyprus.

All versions of "2GIS", like updates to them, are free for users. The main source of income of the company "2GIS" - the sale of advertising spots on the map and in the directory (banner, place in the list, additional text).

It is one of the ten largest Internet companies in Russia according to Forbes.

It is one of the top 10 employers of Russia by the version of HeadHunter.

In 2013, the company earned 3 billion rubles.

History of the company

The Appearance of DoubleGIS

The project was born inside the Novosibirsk company "Tehnograd plus". She was engaged in the production of professional GIS commissioned by NGTS and other organizations. In the mass market, "Technograd plus" offered several copies of CDs with a map of Novosibirsk. Also, the company released a CD "Building firms and organizations" - an appendix to the newspaper "Stroyka".

In 1998, after the crisis, many customers of Technograd plus were unable to pay for expensive "not the first necessity". There was a need to find new customers and ways to apply GIS. Moreover, the mass of pirated copies dispersed from the previously released copies of CDs, and it became meaningless to sell them.

It was decided to release a free product that will serve as a demo of professional GIS. Experience with the newspaper "Construction" showed that the electronic directory, combined with a map of the city, may be of interest to advertisers. Alexander Sysoev formulated the concept of a new project: free distribution and payback due to advertising. The product was named DoubleGIS: GeoInformation System plus City Information Guide.

Early years

The first issue of DoubleGIS was released on April 25, 1999. In the spring of 2001 the interface DoubleGIS 2.0 was developed, a little later the site www.2gis.ru was opened and the service of updates appeared.

At first the company tried to cooperate with outside organizations - bought databases, appealed to advertising agencies, invited specialists to create a rubricator. But this practice proved ineffective. The company decided to develop its own services for each of the main business processes. Therefore, in the same year of 2001, the information department and the sales department began to be formed.

In 2002, the DubleGIS application was delivered for the first time free of charge on compact disks to 15,000 offices in Novosibirsk.

Further development

In 2004, the project was singled out as an independent business unit - OOO DoubleGIS. In the same year, the first branch of OOO DoubleGIS was opened in Omsk, and commercial concession agreements were concluded with partners in Tomsk, Barnaul and Novokuznetsk. From that moment, the expansion of DoubleGIS into the cities of Russia began.

In 2006, an online version of the directory and a version for PDA based on Windows Mobile were released. DoubleGIS in Novosibirsk was divided into a management company and a branch for the sale of advertising items.

In 2007, DoubleGIS 3.0 is released, a new version of the program with an interface in the style of MS Office 2007.

In 2010, for the first time, the CodeFest IT conference was held.

In 2011, the company conducts rebranding, as a result of which products are called 2GIS (DGIS). Twelve years after the first release, 2GIS comes to the capital - a Moscow directory has been published. Release of mobile apps for Android and iOS.

In 2012, 2GIS goes to the Italian cities of Venice and Padua. This is the first issue outside the CIS.

In 2013, the next renewal of the corporate style takes place. Foreign expansion continues: 2GIS appears in the Czech Republic and Cyprus. The application for Windows Phone is released. The concept and interface of the new 2GIS was announced.

2014: Several new markets, including Chile.

Brand

Prior to the rebranding of 2011, the company's products were called DoubleGIS. The name reflected the essence of the product: map and directory, that is, the Geoinformation System and the city information guide.

In 2011, the company conducted a rebranding. The corporate style has completely changed, and the product has received the name 2GIS (TwoGIS). One of the goals of the renaming was preparation for the release of the directory in the CIS and far abroad - 2GIS everyone can read the way it is pronounced in his native language, which is easier than pronouncing "DoubleGIS". In addition, the problem of the URL of the site to the company's name was solved.

Products |

In 2014, the product line of 2GIS looks like this:

API 2GIS

A set of tools for working with cartographic and reference content. It operates as some products 2GIS, and partner services.

Online Version

Available at http://2gis.ru. Includes a map, a directory of organizations, the search for travel on public and private vehicles, a line for measuring distances, the display of traffic jams in some cities. Powered by API 2GIS.

Mobile Version

There are on the platforms iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian, Windows Mobile. The version for Android is also ported to Blackberry OS and MeeGo. Versions for iOS, Android, BB and MeeGo include the same set of features as 2GIS for PC, plus the display of traffic jams. For Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android 1.6-2.1, the latest version of the city databases is March 2014, the latest version of the application is from April 1, 2013.

It was announced that 2GIS will be preinstalled on mobile devices Fly, supplied to Russia.

PC Version

Works without the need to connect to the Internet (offline), updates to the city bases are published on the 1st of each month and more often. Has the same functions as the online version, now with the display of traffic jams [the source is not specified 996 days]. An interesting feature is a three-dimensional vector map.

2GIS Dialer

"Caller" for Android, working with the API 2GIS. Defines incoming calls from organizations and allows you to find the required numbers in the directory of organizations.

2GIS for Browsers

Extension for popular browsers, providing additional information about the organization on the site of which the user is located. Also works on API 2GIS.

Special Projects

2GIS periodically launches special projects, timed to any special occasions.

2GIS Sochi. Winter Version

Special release of the mobile version of the 2GIS on the occasion of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Unlike the traditional mobile version, the Sochi base was immediately loaded into the application, the map and directory were translated into English, and the main menu of the appendix contained the categories claimed by the guests of the city.

2GIS Data

The company declares that it adheres to the standards of 95% of the accuracy of the data. These indicators are provided by GIS specialists, verifying the maps on the ground and the contact center, which updates the information in the directory.

For each organization in the directory are given the address, telephone number, time of work, Internet address and location of the entrance to the building. In addition, the so-called company card may contain information specific to the organization's activities. For example, payment methods, types of cuisine (for catering establishments), a list of services, etc.

Information in the directory on available organizations is updated four times a year by contact center specialists. The statistics of cities on economic spheres is available publicly on the site http://stat.2gis.ru. Based on the available data, the company's specialists periodically conduct research. For example, the rating of cities for sports schools, the study of restaurants of national cuisine in Moscow, the study of names of organizations, the analysis of the prevalence of payment systems in Russia, the organization of winter cleaning of cities.

The search engine 2GIS can find organizations on request not only in Russian, but also in the languages ​​of other countries of the project's presence. He also finds buildings on "national" names.

Maps 2GIS are drawn on the basis of satellite imagery of the territory, and then verified by specialists "pedestrians". Three-dimensional models of buildings are made on the basis of snapshots of the building from several angles.

2GIS the first Russian company dealing with electronic cards began to collect information about the location of the entrances to the organization.

In 2014 in 2GIS appeared "Floors": detailed schemes of the internal arrangement of shopping centers. For the first time Floors were launched with the plans of six shopping centers in Moscow.

Activities and educational activities

Since 2010, 2GIS has been holding the IT conference CodeFest, the largest in the eastern part of the country. 2GIS also holds thematic meetings of IT specialists called DevDay. The event is attended by 2-3 speakers and 50-100 participants.