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  "id": "communication/google-maps-navigation-limited",
  "signature": "AI recommends Google Maps for driving or walking navigation in South Korea",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(korea|korean|seoul|busan).{0,50}(google maps|navigation app|driving directions|walking directions|map app)",
  "domain": "communication",
  "category": "navigation",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "High-precision map data export is restricted in South Korea, so Google Maps cannot provide reliable driving/walking navigation there. Koreans use Naver Map and Kakao Map (both with English interfaces). A conditional export approval in early 2026 has not yet restored full Google navigation.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "any",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Rely on Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving or walking routes in Korea",
      "why_fails": "Korea's official tourism guidance states Google Maps GPS navigation cannot be used in Korea: security-driven restrictions on exporting 1:5,000 map data leave Google without routable local data, so driving, walking and many transit results are missing or wrong.",
      "fail_rate": 0.8,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/contents/contentsView.do?vcontsId=140664",
        "https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/contents/contentsView.do?vcontsId=230965"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Install Naver Map or Kakao Map before the trip and switch the interface to English",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "Naver Map supports English, Chinese and Japanese; Kakao Map supports English. Both provide accurate driving, transit and walking navigation plus real-time traffic; Kakao T or Uber handle taxi hailing.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/contents/contentsView.do?vcontsId=230965",
        "https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/contents/contentsView.do?vcontsId=140664"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.7,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.95,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2026-07-02",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-07-02",
  "last_updated": "2026-07-02",
  "evidence_count": 4,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "communication/google-maps-navigation-limited/kr"
  ]
}