South Korea Postpones Decision on Allowing Google to Move Hi-Res Map Data Abroad

South Korea Postpones Decision on Allowing Google to Move Hi-Res Map Data Abroad

South Korea has postponed its decision on whether to approve Google’s request to transfer high-precision map data of the country’s geography to its international servers. In February, Google sought approval from the Korean National Geographic Information Institute to deploy a 1:5,000 scale map on its app in South Korea and to transfer the data to its servers abroad. A spokesperson from the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transp…