Update: Since the new update changed Naver Map interface I updated all the screenshots so now you can use the tutorial without any trouble.
The next time you update Naver Map, if the interface changes again please inform me so I can update the post for you. Thanks!
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It would be because of my lack of knowledge about the country or I’m just too lazy to study how address works here, either way, to me – with only name and address on hand – it’s pretty much impossible to find a place in Korea without mapping service. Even if you manage to find your way around the neighborhood, it’s rare if any local can really show you the directions unless that place is famous among Koreans or it’s a skyscraper and such. Other than that, they will still pull out naver or daum, search for the address then point you the way.
There are two mapping services people usually use here in Korea, Naver Map and Daum Map. If you can’t read Korean, Google Maps works too, but not as good when it comes to a particular address and public transportation.
And since Naver Map did a wonder for me to getting around Korea, I write this post so people without knowledge of Korean can use the app too.
(I only have experience with the Naver Map app for iPhone and it’s similar with the app for Android but I’m not sure if the web-based app is the same.
I apologize in advance that this post may turn out to be a mess with all the explanations on and off pictures ;____; )
First of course you want to install the app and add in Korean keyboard.
Some helpful words:
๋ฒ์ค = Bus
์ ๋ฅ์ฅ = Bus stop e.g: ๊ฐ๋จ์ญ ์ ๋ฅ์ฅ = ๊ฐ๋จ์ญ Bus stop (Gangnam Station Bus stop)
์งํ์ฒ = Subway
___์ญ = ___ Station e.g: ์ ์ฌ์ญ = ์ ์ฌ Station (Sinsa Station)
8๋ฒ ์ถ๊ตฌ = Exit 8
3ํธ์ = Line 3
ํ์น = Transfer
ํ์ = Get off
๋๋ณด = Walk
What you will see when you open the app (newest version):
Your current location will appear as a red dot on the map, remember to check it to make sure you’re not going the wrong way.
You mostly will only use the Get directions option ๐
Search destination:
As you type in, the matching results will appear below so you can choose the one you’re looking for from the list.
Or you can just put in the address, e.g for TIMES SQUARE (ํ์์คํ์ด) you just need to type in 15 ์์ค๋ก (15 Yeongjung-ro).
From the result you can choose to get directions from the place or to the place directly.
Get directions:
I use Sinsa Station and Lotte World as example.
By car:
When you choose By Car option the result will show you how much it might cost if you take the taxi.
As in the first result, you only have to focus on these words:
ํ์๋น ์ฝ 8,600์ = Taxi fee about 8,600KRW
์ฝ 14 | ์ฝ 9.58km = About 14 minutes driving | 9.58km
P/s: If you drive, use the GPS installed in the car. If you don’t then you probably only use this option to see how much it’ll cost to ride the taxi. (at least that how it was for me)
Public transportation:
In Public transportation option we have:
์ถ์ฒ 10 = 10 recommendation routes
๋ฒ์ค 10 = 10 routes by bus
์งํ์ฒ 2 = 2 routes by subway
and ๋ฒ์ค+์งํ์ฒ 5 = 5 routes by both bus + subway
I choose the marked result as example (because it requires theย least walking time, I will show you)
(3) ์ ์ฌ์ญ > (2) ๊ต๋์ญ > ์ ์ค์ญ ํ์ฐจ = Line 3 ์ ์ฌ Station > Line 2 ๊ต๋ Station > Get off at ์ ์ค Station
์งํ์ฒ ์ญ 10 | ์ฝ 11.96km = 10 Subway stations | About 11.96km
์ฝ 39๋ถ (๋๋ณด 5๋ถ) | 1,350 ์ = About 39 minutes (5 minutes walking) | Cost 1,350KRW
Pretty easy to understand, right?
In the first box it says: (Yes, they already highlighted what’s important for you)
์ ์ฌ์ญ = At ์ ์ฌ Station
3ํธ์ ์น์ฐจ ํธ, ๊ต๋์ญ์์ 2ํธ์ ํ์น = Take subway line 3, at ๊ต๋ Station transfer to line 2
์ฝ 10๋ถ | 3๊ฐ ์ญ = About 10 minutes | 3 stations
In the second box:
๊ต๋์ญ = At ๊ต๋ Station
2ํธ์ ์น์ฐจ ํธ, ์ ์ค์ญ ํ์ฐจ = Take subway line 2, get off at ์ ์ค station
์ฝ 21๋ถ | 7๊ฐ ์ญ = About 21 minutes | 7 stations
Now that will be the last direction for you and all you need to focus on is 4๋ฒ ์ถ๊ตฌ๋ก which means take exit 4.
After that there will be no direction for walking, but you can touch on the result and walk as the route on the map.
Remember to check your current location (red dot!) as you walk ๐
And that’s pretty much everything you need to know, now use this as example and all other searches are similar to this. I was about to show you how to check the subway routes using Naver Map, but it seems too complicated, you should just use the stations map at the subway instead.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask away! ^^
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i’ve download on iphone. How to change to english?? Because i want to go to seoul and i cant read korean language
You can’t Naver Maps only available in Korean that’s why I made this post so people can use it without knowing Korean ๐
Well on App Store when i try to install it, it says that the language provides are in Korean and also in English. That’s why i am willing to install it. But apparently there is no option, boooo. *uninstalling this application asap*
Hi. Anyone have any suggestions/ info about using the bike option for routes on Naver Maps for me with my veerrry limited Korean? at the moment I am just trying to use it to plan a route on my computer before leaving rather than navegate using a smartphone. Thanks
There is option for bike on the app next to the car driving option. It will show you symbol of turning left, right or go straight. You can try it out on your own if it’s too difficult I can provide you some keyword so at least you can understand the directions on the app ๐
Oh man! This is SO HELPFUL, THANK YOU. I first downloaded Naver Maps when I first got to Korea but was so freaked out by all the Korean I blanked and just uninstalled it. I tried again a few months later once I was a bit more confident with the language, but it’s been a lot of trial and error, and I still don’t know what a lot of the buttons do, just guessing ^^; You’ve really cleared a lot of problems up for me, I wish I’d googled for help earlier! The breakdowns with translation and examples are SO good. <3 <3 <3
Thank you for the feedback ^^
Google Earth cannot be downloaded as an app on iphone in Korea, correct?
If you apple ID is set on another country’s store then you can download it. As I know Google Earth and Google Maps aren’t available on some Asian countries’ app store.
awesome, that worked, thanks again.
Ok thanks.
You’re welcome ๐
Can naver give you Lat Long Coordinates? If so, how? Thanks.
Sorry but I don’t get your question, what do you mean by Lat Long Coordinates?
Numbers that look like N 37, 33, 421 E 126, 59, 132 – they are coordinates of the exact location. On Google Maps if you right-click a location and then click what’s here, it will give you a coordinate.
Got it now, and no you can’t do this on Naver maps ๐
Im trying to map several points on naver maps, so i can see them all at the same time. How can I drop a marker, for each point i want to see on the map?
Sorry but I think there is no way to do that on Naver Maps.
I tried to do it after reading your comment but I can’t too, and I asked some other friends if they ever try to do it and everyone told me that it’s impossible so…
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