"Where Will People Gather During the Chuseok Holiday?"

Reporter Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] "Where will people flock during the Chuseok holiday?"

According to SK Telecom on the 9th, 'T Jigeum' launched by T map Mobility in August last year is a service that analyzes and displays driving data from 19 million T map navigation users nationwide. It shows popular places around the user based on real-time destination driving data. At the bottom of the destinations displayed on T Jigeum, users can see how many vehicles are currently heading to that location. It is also possible to check the top 50 popular places in order of locations with the most users heading there. Vehicle data is collected and analyzed every 5 minutes.

In addition to the current location, users can search for popular places around a desired area. For example, if a user in Euljiro, Seoul wants to search for popular places around Gangnam-gu, they can move the map to Gangnam-gu and press the ‘Re-search’ button. If planning an outing to tourist spots during the Chuseok holiday, users can use T Jigeum to check information on nearby restaurants or tourist attractions in advance to plan their travel route. It can also be used when planning outings to places with less traffic or fewer vehicles. Especially during holidays like Chuseok when traffic congestion is expected, users can find places with low visitor traffic in real time.

Destinations with various themes can also be searched. When searching for nearby parking lots, not only the distance but also hourly parking fees and, in some public parking lots, the number of available parking spaces are displayed. The same applies to gas station information, where users can check the distance to nearby gas stations and prices by fuel type. When searching for electric vehicle charging stations, users can easily identify whether they are fast or slow chargers and the number of available charging spots.

Since August, T map Mobility has been providing information on the location, operating hours, holidays, menus, and prices of 750,000 restaurants nationwide through integration with the restaurant introduction app 'Siksin'.