South Korea's top portal operator Naver will soon launch a new, improved online map service that will not only show its users how to get to a desired destination, but also how to get there in the least time possible, company and government officials said Wednesday.
The National Transport Information Center will begin providing its traffic information to Naver, which in turn will use the information to provide online map and mobile navigation services that will offer the currently best available routes to destinations, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
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A memorandum of understanding for such cooperation was signed Wednesday between the ministry and the local portal operator, which boasts of over 10 million daily visitors.
Naver and many others alike already offer such services, but the real-time information from the state-run center will allow it to provide the most up to date traffic information.
"The government will continue to expand its cooperation with private firms to develop and provide better traffic information services to the people," the ministry said in a press release.
Under the agreement signed at Naver headquarters in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, the government will provide traffic information free of charge for the next three years.
In return, the portal operator will help promote transportation safety and government steps aimed at such a goal, they said. (Yonhap)
