ZDNet Asia: Korea to Build Open Source National Map System

[ Thanks to Katri Kinome for this link. ]

"The South Korean government made the world sit up and take notice when they brought in the world's largest scale Linux servers to construct its National Education Information System (NEIS); now, it is making headlines again with another open source based system project.

"Recently, the Korean administration began overhauling its national mapping system. Its largest scale open source mapping system project GIS (Geographic Information System), will meet international standards on the use of digital street maps and addresses..."

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