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I'm rather surprised that even North Korea is mapped quite extensively in OSM.(https://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/#14/38.9911/125.7365 https://mvexel.github.io
by lovelearning 12y ago
I'm rather surprised that even North Korea is mapped quite extensively in OSM.(https://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/#14/38.9911/125.7365 https://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/#14/38.9911/125.7365).
For a long time, North Korea was shown as a featureless area in google maps.
- erjiang 12y agoFun trivia: Google had quite a bit of data for North Korea that was added by unpaid editors, and then one day they decided to flip the switch and show it on the public Google Maps site. Their data source can vary country-by-country and they can config per-country display options.
- lovelearning 12y agoInteresting stuff. I wonder if some of this data - both on OSM and Google Maps - was from defectors and military sources. I don't really know much about NK, but I can't help thinking their regime wouldn't be too happy if their citizens gallivanted around with GPS devices and uploaded POIs to western internet services.
- rmc 12y agoSatellite imagery as well. Old paper maps for names, etc.