SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea National Park Service announced on March 18 that it will produce Braille maps for all 22 national parks across the country by 2026, in an effort to make these natural treasures more accessible to the visually impaired. The first Braille map, covering Odaesan National Park, has been completed [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The most exact variation known to date of “Daedongyeojido,” a famous large-scale map of the Korean Peninsula created in the 19th century by Korean cartographer Kim Jeong-ho, has returned from Japan. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) unveiled the map to the media Thursday as the newly found edition draws [...]
GWANGJU, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An environmental civic group in the southwestern city of Gwangju plans to make a street tree map as part of efforts to keep street trees healthy, respond to climate change, and improve the urban environment. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM)’s Gwangju branch on Wednesday signed an agreement [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it will provide a digital mapping service that locates zero-waste shops in the city. Users can look up zero-waste cafes, restaurants, refill shops and eco-friendly appliance stores by accessing the Smart Seoul Map website and clicking on the zero-waste icon. The map [...]
MADRID/SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said a “very valuable” ancient map he witnessed in Madrid on Wednesday shows Dokdo is part of Korean territory. Moon, now on a state visit to Spain, made the remarks after looking at the “Map of Joseon Kingdom” at the Spanish Senate Library, according [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government launched the operation of the ‘Digital Twin Seoul S-Map’ on Thursday. The map is designed to be used in the simulation of solving urban problems by connecting a three-dimensional citywide map with administrative and environmental information. This map enables a 3D simulation to figure out [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin providing a real-time air quality map for the Korean Peninsula and neighboring areas to the public, utilizing data sent from Chollian-2B, its environmental satellite launched last year, the science ministry said Sunday. The new service, available from Monday, will provide data of seven types of [...]
JEJU, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to Jeju Island will be able to enjoy contactless tourism despite the coronavirus. Starting on Nov. 23, the Jeju Tourism Organization (JTO) will be offering an advanced real-time population mapping service based on big data analysis to ensure a safer tourism environment for travelers. The new map will [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Map users will now be able to receive recommendations of nearby restaurants through artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Naver Corp., South Korea’s top Internet portal operator, announced Monday that it will introduce ‘Smart Around’, a new AI-based location recommendation service, for Naver Map. Smart Around, first developed in 2018, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean IT giant Kakao Corp. said Tuesday that it has joined hands with what3words Ltd. to insert the London-based startup’s innovative geo-coding system into its mapping service, Kakao map. Kakao started its mapping service early this month by adopting the British startup’s technology. What3words launched the service that [...]