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The ariel imagery still isn't as good as Bing, but the new road layouts are much better. However they don't appear to have the river traces which Bing has. It
by TheAnimus 14y ago
The ariel imagery still isn't as good as Bing, but the new road layouts are much better. However they don't appear to have the river traces which Bing has.
It's interesting because after reading Escape from Camp 14 last year I looked in to visiting the DPRK, considering the moral rammifcations of directly giving cash to the country via one of the approved tourist agencies.
Luckily before I had to decide if it was OK, I found the rules about being a tourist.
No Smartphone.
No Radio devices of any kind (no GPS!).
No Computers.
No digital storage above 4GB.
No digital camera with "powerful" lens (they never did clarify).
- babayetu 14y agoI went there in April 2012. Computers are OK, and while the border guards check your luggage and take your phone (you'll get it back when leaving) they are incompetent; I brought an iPad and a camera with GPS. The camera even said "GPS" on it, and the guard noticed. But I acted confused and he let me have it back. You're right about not wanting to support the government there, but the tourism industry is quite insignificant and not a major source of income for the regime. Do consider the moral implications of being used for internal propaganda, though. You'll be photographed wherever you go, and smiling is not really optional.
- TheAnimus 14y agoDon't suppose you've got a blog or anything about your encounters? Would be interested to hear the account of someone who's a geek enough to hang round here.
- babayetu 14y agoI do, it covers half of my visit. It's in Danish, but Google Translate might be your friend :) http://destinationkorea.wordpress.com/ http://destinationkorea.wordpress.com/ I went with a so-called "Friendship Delegation" to celebrate the birthday of Kim Il-Sung. Quite an unusual experience.