{"id":1054,"date":"2011-07-28T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T09:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2011-07-26T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T09:45:28","slug":"korea-turns-to-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/2011\/07\/28\/korea-turns-to-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea turns to Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Koreans have not been so big on maps. Whereas in Japan highly accurate maps have traditionally been a mainstay for citizens and a symbol of good living, Koreans prefer to ask the way, or if necessary, use a navigation device. But that aspect of Korea is now changing as well. Rather well organized maps are going up around Seoul that are as good as anything one finds. In fact, several subway stops now feature both maps and photographs taken from above to allow the observer two means of understanding the geography of the neighborhood. \u00a0Seoul Metro also has come up with an innovative manner of providing maps to riders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/new-maps-of-seoul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1055\" title=\"new maps of seoul\" src=\"http:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/new-maps-of-seoul.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/new-maps-of-seoul.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/new-maps-of-seoul-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/map-of-seoul-metro-available.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1056\" title=\"map of seoul metro available\" src=\"http:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/map-of-seoul-metro-available.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/map-of-seoul-metro-available.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/map-of-seoul-metro-available-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel Pastreich<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/kh\/My%20Documents\/Dropbox\/writing%20&amp;amp;%20research\/circles%20and%20squares%20blog\/circles%20and%20squares\/Circlesandsquares.asia\">Circles and Squares<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koreans have not been so big on maps. Whereas in Japan highly accurate maps have traditionally been a mainstay for citizens and a symbol of good living, Koreans prefer to ask the way, or if necessary, use a navigation device. But that aspect of Korea is now changing as well. Rather well organized maps are &#8230; <a title=\"Korea turns to Maps\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/2011\/07\/28\/korea-turns-to-maps\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Korea turns to Maps\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9296425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10990001],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-today-in-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9296425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctpolitics.org\/circlesandsquares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}