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South Korea also has problems with Google Maps. And also for political reasons. Apparently they have some disagreement with Google which prohibits Maps from supporting routing aka navigation. It also prohibits full resolution display, although the map data is basically present.

It seems to be a way to retain control over what is undoubtedly economically valuable information. But at what cost?

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>It seems to be a way to retain control over what is undoubtedly economically valuable information. But at what cost?

At the cost of not giving up some of your national assets such as geographic info just to get better GPS gadgets from foreign companies? They can still create and enjoy their own maps and tools.

I was in Korea for awhile and never really noticed too much of a problem with GMaps. Do you know if Naver Maps is better?

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