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Yandex map works fine, however...
You'll find better maps in Grindr. There you can use maps to pinpoint a persons exact location.
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So Google can give directions in Pyongyang, but not Seoul. LOL
good thing waze bypasses this idiotic policy
also turkey does that
Me in korea with a korean enthicity: they... they are?
i hate censorships dude.
(Im korean)
A lot of maps have older or incorrect data copied over the locations.
I visited Seoul in 2019 and it was a nightmareeee trying to find my hotel because of this, I had no idea this was a thing
Is it possible Bing is using data from OpenStreetMap? I do know they share data
Privacy for the state and no privacy for the individual. Not much better than DPRK.
Well I guess if your going to have giants better them be your own than someone elses.
I’m in Korea right now and it works for me. Maybe it’s changed in 3 years
Indeed the presence of satelite data makes this law useless, and only prevents civilians from getting directions
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What about OpenStreetMaps?
I learned this the hard way when I was in South Korea
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