# Google Maps Uncovers North Korea

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 29, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712 "2013-01-29T15:27:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/1 "2013-01-29T15:27:22Z")

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Google Maps has launched its [North Korean app](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323375204578271201719130798.html) including “outlines of some of the country’s notorious, city-sized prison camps.”

Just the thing for that road trip to Pyongyang.

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**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/2 "2013-01-29T21:07:03Z")

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About time.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/3 "2013-01-29T22:05:08Z")

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Yes - about time they got this up and running with the street names.  
It is really hard to get to the Gay bars in North Korea if you don’t have a map.

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**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/4 "2013-01-30T18:32:49Z")

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when are they gonna get the street view vans over there

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/5 "2013-01-31T03:15:49Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> when are they gonna get the street view vans over there

They could double up using the Black Marias.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/6 "2013-01-31T17:49:34Z")

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Not to be anal, but they haven’t “launched a North Korean app”, they have just added North Korean data to their existing Google Maps data.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/7 "2013-01-31T17:54:12Z")

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And of course people are posting “reviews” of the places… “Every guard wears a smile”

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-uncovers-north-korea/648712/8 "2013-02-01T19:16:54Z")

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Oppan gulag style!!!