Google submits additional documents to Seoul on map data transfer

Seoul: Google has submitted additional documents requested by the South Korean government regarding the overseas transfer of South Korea's high-precision map data, industry sources and government officials said on Friday.

The U.S. technology giant emailed supplementary materials to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday, the deadline set by the government for revisions to its earlier application for the data transfer, reports Yonhap news agency.

The additional submission is said to have met most of the conditions sought by the government, including measures to mask sensitive domestic security facilities and restrict the exposure of precise coordinates, informed sources said.