The government could make a decision this week on whether to allow global giant Google Inc. to export government-supplied Korean map data outside the country, informed sources said Tuesday. According to the government and industry sources, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which supervises the government's mapping policy, plans to hold an interagency meeting with officials from related ministries on Friday to decide on Google's request. A final decision could be reached and announced after Friday's meeting. Google filed its latest request in February 2025, seeking approval for the transfer of 1:5,000-scale high-precision map data to its overseas data centers. Earlier this month, the U.S. technology giant provided supplementary materials regarding its request to the ministry. The additional submission is said to have met most of the conditions sought by the government, including measures to mask sensitive domestic security facilities and restrict the exposure of precise coordinates. The documents also reportedly include technical explanations detailing how Google would pro