The functional implications of this are a little different. Google, Bing, and others specifically have bitmap maps that are served out of Korea for this purpos

The functional implications of this are a little different. Google, Bing, and others specifically have bitmap maps that are served out of Korea for this purpose. You can see it in Bing since the maps for Bing Maps use the classic Microsoft ~~ditches and diversions~~ Streets and Trips style maps. In Google, there’s a few spots in Japan that are rendered in Korea at some zoom levels. There’s been a lot of discussion on how to improve OSM in SK but it’s often through analog holes that are plausibly illegitimate. I talked about it previously. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38555567 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38555567