[OSM-talk] Here's what they do in Korea

[Andrew Errington]

Hello everyone,

In case you are interested, here's what's happening in Korea (non-OSM):

<http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/11/123_97850.html>

It's pretty cool, and I would love for OSM to be the back-end of some of these 
apps, but it's going to be a while.

Anyone outside Korea can take a look at the map services on-line.  The two 
popular ones are Daum and Naver:

http://local.daum.net/map/index.jsp?t__nil_navi=bestmain&nil_id=map

http://map.naver.com/

Even if you don't read Korean you can still appreciate the scope and scale of 
their undertaking.  The datasets are also unique- take a look at the same 
area from the different providers.  Click on various icons to see aerial 
photos and Daum's street view.  Also provided: route planning, traffic 
density, and the weather for the chunk of map you are looking at.  Oh, and as 
well as the distance and journey time the route planner will tell you the 
taxi fare you would have to pay.

Best wishes,

Andrew