Google's maps of North Korea show streets, monuments and gulags. Jan. 29, 2013 — -- On Tuesday, Google unveiled a detailed map of North Korea, offering a rare glimpse inside the streets, ...

From space, the nighttime map of North Korea has a curious distinction: it is almost completely dark. Next door, South Korea glitters with great splotches of economic life, and, on the other side, ...

When it comes to mapping the world, it’s not surprising that Google finds some places more challenging than others. Take North Korea, for example. It’s one of the most secretive states on the planet, ...

Information on the more detailed, up-to-date maps was submitted to the Web giant's Map Maker tool as part of a years-long effort. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on ...

While Google Maps feels like a solid mapping solution, it has some blank spots — particularly when it comes to regions such as North Korea. But that's all changing thanks to a group of "citizen ...

Google's request for a detailed map of South Korea for Google Maps has been denied by the government. The decision was made by a joint-committee led by the country's transport ministry and IT, foreign ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Google Inc. has helped fill the gap in one of the last remaining information black holes in the world by releasing a detailed map of North Korea that adds street names, monuments ...

You have to hand it to Google for getting transit maps for Pyongyang before Apple can get MTA routes onto its New York City iOS Maps app. No word on when they'll be integrating Zagat or Google Plus, ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

Editor's note: Juan José Valdés is National Geographic's geographer and director of editorial and research for National Geographic Maps. Google this week unveiled its first detailed maps of North ...

A Seoul-based non-governmental organization has used Google Earth technology to enable North Korean defectors to “build a digital map of crimes against humanity in North Korea.” The Transitional ...

Google Maps is available in more than 250 countries, so it may surprise some people to learn that a modern tech-obsessed nation like South Korea isn't on the list. Google Maps has long been shunned by ...