South Korea has conditionally approved Google\'s export of 1:5,000 high-precision map data that the company has sought since 2007. The decision followed a meeting of an inter-agency panel led by the transport ministry. Approval is tied to security requirements covering satellite and aerial imagery, Street View, coordinate displays and restricted data scope, with processing on domestic servers and government checks. The decision is linked to U.S.-South Korea tariff talks and may reshape the local map market.

Google has submitted supplementary documents to South Korea\'s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to support its request to export high-precision map data, meeting a government deadline, industry sources said. The documents reportedly accept most conditions such as masking security facilities and limiting coordinate exposure, but do not include a detailed plan for establishing a domestic data centre. The government plans to review the materials and convene a consultative body to decide whether to allow the export.