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韓国が20年間の政策を見直し、高精度マップデータの輸出を認める決断をしました。これにより、完全版のGoogle Mapsが韓国で提供される見込みです(Reuters)。政府は、「厳重な安全保障要件を満たす」ことが条件として挙げられました。具体的には、軍事施設やその他の機密情報をぼかし、Google MapsやGoogle Earthなどの製品で南韓領土の経度・緯度座標を制限することを要求しました。
この決定は、地図サービス市場で独占的地位を維持するナバーやカカオに打撃を与えますが、米国政府が提唱する「アメリカ企業への差別的扱い」問題を解決することで南韓側も満足します。韓国は現在 sill 技術戦争状態にあるため、2007年と2016年にGoogleの要請を断っていたことがありました。
地理学教授である Choi Jin-mu 氏は、「現在地図サービスに依存している企業や政府のGISシステムが長期的にはGoogleやAppleに依存することになりかねない」と懸念しています。
South Korea has reversed a two-decade policy and approved the export of high-precision map data, paving the way for a fully functional Google Maps in the country. Reuters reports: The approval was made "on the condition that strict security requirements are met," the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement. Those conditions include blurring military and other sensitive security-related facilities, as well as restricting longitude and latitude coordinates for South Korean territory on products such as Google Maps and Google Earth, it said.
The decision is expected to hurt Naver and Kakao -- local internet giants which currently dominate the country's market for digital map services. But it will appease Washington, which has urged Seoul to tackle what it says is discrimination against U.S. tech companies. South Korea, still technically at war with North Korea, had shot down Google's previous bids in 2007 and 2016 to be allowed to export the data, citing the risks that information about sensitive military and security facilities could be exposed. "Google can now come in, slash usage fees, and take the market," said Choi Jin-mu, a geography professor at Kyung Hee University. "If Naver and Kakao are weakened or pushed out and Google later raises prices, that becomes a monopoly. Then, even companies that rely on map services -- logistics firms, for example -- become dependent, and in the long run, even government GIS (geographic information) systems could end up dependent on Google or Apple. That's the biggest concern."
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