Sources
Every number and photo on bobobhq comes from one of these. Each page also shows its own source and the date we checked it.
| Used for | Source | License / credit | Refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live crowds, 12-hour forecast, weather, road speed, train arrivals | Seoul real-time city data (OA-21285), Seoul Metropolitan Government | KOGL Type 1 (attribution) | Cached 5 minutes per place |
| Exchange rates | Korea Eximbank exchange rate API | Public data, attribution | Business days around 11:00 KST; cached 6 hours |
| Route times from your starting point | Kakao Maps transit and walking directions | Kakao API terms; results are not stored | Per request; results are not cached or stored |
| Subway distances for fares | Seoul Metro station distances and travel times (OA-12034) | KOGL Type 1 (attribution) | Updated by hand when the file changes (file dated 2024-09) |
| Average meal prices | Korea Consumer Agency Chamgaegyeok (Ministry of the Interior and Safety data) | Eight figures quoted with source; no table copied. Provisional | Checked by a person about once a month |
| Events and festivals | Seoul Culture Portal and official event pages (linked on each event) | Facts quoted with source; no text or images copied | Checked by hand; pages rebuilt daily at 06:00 KST |
| Shows and concerts (Seoul, next 30 days) | KOPIS (Korea Performing Arts Box Office Information System), Korea Arts Management Service | Open API terms; attribution shown on the page | Refreshed at each daily build; the check date is shown on the page |
| Counts of clinics offering dermatology near each place (no clinic names or rankings) | Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service hospital information (data.go.kr 15001698) | KOGL Type 1 (attribution) | Refreshed at each daily build; the month is shown on each place page |
| Hotel names for the My hotel search | Hotel names: Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI (English) | Open data via data.go.kr (Korea Tourism Organization English tourism information service) | Refreshed at each daily build; the check date is shown under the hotel search |
| Neighborhood photos | Wikimedia Commons and Korea Tourism Organization | CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or KOGL Type 1; author and license shown with each photo | Added by hand with the place page |
Fares are not a data feed: we keep the official fare tables in code and update them by hand. See How costs work.
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