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South Korea says Google has removed Korean coordinates from maps under export permit

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South Korea says Google removed geographic coordinates and Street View images of military sites, enforcing security conditions tied to its high-resolution mapping data permit.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's government said on ​Friday that Google ‌has removed latitude and longitude coordinates for South ​Korean territory from ​Google Maps and Google ⁠Earth, one of ​the security conditions attached ​to a permit granted in February to export ​high-resolution map data.

Google ​Street View imagery inside and ‌around ⁠all military and security facilities on South Korean territory will ​also be ​deleted, ⁠said an inter-agency press release.

The ​government said it ​planned ⁠to suspend or revoke the permit if ⁠serious ​breaches of ​the conditions occurred. 

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