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South Korea to redraw its maps with open source
South Korea will try to tackle one of its lingering problems--a chaotic street and address system--through a new open-source project.
The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs has formed a
team to normalize the country's street addresses, and then create a
database around the information. In the end, the country hopes to have
an address and digital mapping system that conforms to international
standards.
The project will be based on open-source software, which the government has long supported. Earlier, South Korea built a National Education Information System on Linux servers. The Ministry of Information and Communication is in the midst of a program to shift a substantial number of PCs and servers at universities and government agencies to Linux.
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