Credits & data sources
trip2kr is built on open and public data. Thank you to everyone who makes it available.
Data sources
- Korea Tourism Organization (한국관광공사) — TourAPI — place, restaurant, café and festival information and descriptions, via data.go.kr. Descriptions are translated and condensed by trip2kr; photos are used under KOGL (see below). KOGL
- Korea Heritage Service (국가유산청) — photos of heritage sites, used under the Korea Open Government License. KOGL
- OpenStreetMap — subway and rail station locations, place-name lookup (Nominatim, Photon) and driving-time estimates (OSRM). © OpenStreetMap contributors. ODbL
- ODsay — live public-transit routes (subway and bus lines, transfers, fares): powered by www.ODsay.com.
- Exchange Rate API — currency exchange rates: Rates By Exchange Rate API.
- Korea Meteorological Administration (기상청) — current weather (ultra-short-term observations), via data.go.kr. KOGL Type 1
- Wikidata — some place names and facts. CC0
- NAVER Map — the in-app map and directions links open NAVER Map; map data and imagery belong to NAVER and its providers.
Photo credits
The site imagery below is used under open licenses from Wikimedia Commons — our thanks to the photographers. Each photo links to its source page and license.
Place photos in the app and on the region guides come from Wikimedia Commons or from the Korea Tourism Organization (한국관광공사) via TourAPI, used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL / 공공누리) Type 1 or Type 3. Every place photo carries its credit on the photo itself. KOGL Type 3 photos may not be modified, so we show them uncropped and unfiltered, at their original proportions.
- Bukchon Hanok Village at blue hour — photo by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jibokjae Hall, Gyeongbokgung Palace (Seoul) — photo by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jeonju Hanok Village — photo by Bernard Gagnon, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC0
- Gamcheon Culture Village, Busan — photo by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Seongsan town and harbor from Seongsan Ilchulbong, Jeju Island — photo by Bernard Gagnon, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC0
- Painted ceiling of Jibokjae Hall, Gyeongbokgung — photo by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lantern courtyard, Bulguksa Temple (Gyeongju) — photo by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Seoraksan National Park — photo by Christophe95, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gyeongpo Beach, Gangneung — photo by Mobius6, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hahoe Folk Village, Andong — photo by Bernard Gagnon, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC0
- Lotte World, Seoul — photo by kallerna, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Everland, Yongin — photo by Nagyman, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 2.0
- View from N Seoul Tower — photo by kallerna, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lotte World Tower (Seoul Sky) — photo by Ox1997cow, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY 3.0
- Joint Security Area, Korean DMZ — photo by Kok Leng Yeo; banner derivative by Jjtkk, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY 2.0
- Seoul skyline at night over the Han River — photo by mauveine.kim, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC0
- Gwangjang Market, Seoul — photo by Bgag, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC0
- Gyedong-gil street at golden hour, Seoul — photo by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul — photo by Stevenliuyi, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gwangjang Market, Seoul (street food) — photo by Bgag, via Wikimedia Commons · resized/cropped here CC0
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