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Google's request for a detailed map of South Korea for Google Maps has been denied by the government. The decision was made by a joint-committee led by the country's transport ministry and IT ...
One of the earliest-known East Asian maps of the world was made in Korea in 1402. The map, known as the Kangnido, was lost at some point, but there are three surviving copies that were made ...
Maps are everywhere these days thanks to various online services. But it is still fun to look at old maps and see how geographic perceptions have changed and refined through the ages. The Korea Times ...
Korea will decide whether or not to provide its detailed map data to Google in August, after the June 3 presidential election, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure ...
OpenStreetMap, a crowdsourced platform, offers walking navigation in South Korea. So does Apple Maps, despite not having access to NGII’s data set or exporting any official Korean geospatial data.
In South Korea, the problem of being unable to use Google Maps' walking route guidance and other features continues even in 2025, causing inconvenience to many tourists. For many years, this issue ...
SEOUL, South Korea — Google Inc. has helped fill the gap in one of the last remaining information black holes in the world by releasing a detailed map of North Korea that adds street names, m… ...
A recent update to Google Maps has filled in North Korea – the big, largely blank space that previously lay north of the well-mapped South Korea ...