The government put on hold its review of Google's request to export "high-precision maps" at a scale of 1 to 5,000 and asked for supplementary documents.
The National Geographic Information Institute of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 11th that it convened a consultative body with the Ministry of National Defense and other relevant ministries to discuss the overseas export of surveying results and decided as such.
The consultative body resolved to have the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport require Google to submit a supplementary application by Feb. 5, 2026. The review will be put on hold during this period.
Google, through a press briefing held on Sept. 9, said it would accept video security processing and restrictions on coordinate display. However, the consultative body said that a supplementary application including this content has not been additionally submitted.
Accordingly, the consultative body judged that an accurate review would be difficult in this review process due to inconsistencies between Google's external statements of intent and its application documents, and decided to require supplementation of the technical details of the application and grant 60 days for document supplementation.
Earlier, in May and Aug., the government deferred a decision on Google's request to export high-precision maps overseas and extended the processing deadline.