Look What's on Google Maps! North Korea!

Previously, this was just a dot saying "Pyongyang."

Sure, you've been able to see where North Korea is on google Maps forever, but if you zoomed in at all, it would all be white and blotted out. Now, Google is starting to show us some roads and other landmarks. Even some city sized prison camps show up.

The new details didn't come from the secretive government in Pyongyang, but from a community of "citizen cartographers" who used Google's Map Maker software to add and review map features, Google explains in a blog post. The volunteers were based outside of North Korea, and used details gleaned from satellite images and analog maps. 

"While many people around the globe are fascinated with North Korea, these maps are especially important for the citizens of South Korea who have ancestral connections or still have family living there," Google says.

So now you can plan for your family trip to North Korea more easily. Thanks Google!