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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:02:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Kate Lance <[email protected]> To: SDI-AP <[email protected]> Subject: [SDI-AsiaPacific] Korea: gov't launches web mapping service targeted towards elders and those with disability Korea: gov't launches web mapping service targeted towards elders and those with disability A state-run geography institute launched a web mapping service on March 17th that is particularly targeted towards elders and those with disability who have had trouble reading existing digital maps provided by other IT companies. The National Geographic Information Institute is operating the mapping service called Baro e-Map ( http://emap.ngii.go.kr?).? What differentiates it from maps by private search engines Google and Naver is that it identifies a wider range of places, including emergency hospitals, shoe repair shops, and electric car battery stations. The map will also pinpoint where wheelchair lifts are installed for the disabled. The service also offers different versions of maps for older people or people unable to see some colors. For the elderly, it will offer maps with double the font size.? The ministry said that the map will be updated once a month to reflect changes in property use. ?It will use information about public and private land from 54 government bodies.? The launch of the service is also in line with the government?s Government 3.0 initiative, which is aimed at building a large pool of information and data open to the public.? Source: http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3002027 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-asiapacific/attachments/20150319/6f286585/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ SDI-AsiaPacific mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-asiapacific ------------------------------ End of SDI-AsiaPacific Digest, Vol 123, Issue 6 *********************************************** -- Tracey P. Lauriault http://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/progcity/contributors/tracey-p-lauriault/ https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault http://datalibre.ca/ @TraceyLauriault Skype: Tracey.P.Lauriault _______________________________________________ CivicAccess-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/4oH9bcWQk2f8gN1RrlvSmL Leave group mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Unsubscribe
