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LOCAL · LINKTRAVEL MAP SEARCH

Type the name you know.
Open it in the map that actually works there.

Myeongdong → 명동

Google Maps barely works in Korea and not at all in China. Local Link converts the place names you know into local-script search text, then opens them in the map app locals actually use.

Download on theApp Store FREE · IPHONE & IPAD · NO ACCOUNT
NNaver Map
KKakaoMap
高Amap
GGoogle Maps
Local Link map selection screen showing Naver Map, KakaoMap, Apple Maps and Google Maps options for 명동
HOW IT WORKS01–03

Three taps from “how do I even spell that?” to a pin on the map.

01DESTINATION

Pick where you're going

Choose the country and city. Local Link prepares searches that match how places are written there.

02SEARCH

Type the name you know

English, romanized, or local spelling — the app generates the local-script candidates that map services actually match.

03MAP

Open in the right map

One tap hands the converted search to Naver, Kakao, Amap, Google or Apple Maps. No app installed? It opens on the web.

CONVERSIONLOCAL SCRIPT

Names that finally match.

Local map services index places in their own script. Searching “Myeongdong Kyoja” in English gets you nothing on Naver — 명동교자 gets you lunch.

Myeongdong→명동KOREA · HANGUL
Wukang Road→武康路CHINA · HANZI
Ichiran Shibuya→一蘭 渋谷JAPAN · KANJI
Din Tai Fung→鼎泰豐TAIWAN · HANZI
MAP APPSPER COUNTRY

The right map, per country.

Each destination gets the map apps that actually work there, in the right priority — with automatic web fallback when an app isn't installed.

🇰🇷

Korea

  • NNaver Map
  • KKakaoMap
🇨🇳

China

  • 高Amap (Gaode)
🇯🇵

Japan · Taiwan · SEA

  • GGoogle Maps
🌍

Everywhere

  • AApple Maps
SCREENSIOS 26

Built like a field tool, not a brochure.

LOCAL-SCRIPT CANDIDATES
LOCAL-SCRIPT CANDIDATES
ONE-TAP MAP LAUNCH
ONE-TAP MAP LAUNCH
SAVED · ICLOUD SYNC
SAVED · ICLOUD SYNC
DETAILS06

Down to the details.

Works offline

The conversion data ships inside the app. Airport basement? Still converts.

No account, no tracking

Nothing to sign up for. No analytics leave your device.

iCloud sync

Saved places follow you to your iPad — through your own iCloud, not our servers.

Country shortcuts

Curated searches per destination: coffee chains in Shanghai, beauty stores in Seoul.

5 languages

English, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文 — UI and conversion both.

Copy & large text

Show the local script full-screen to a taxi driver, or copy it anywhere.

Stop guessing spellings.

Free on iPhone and iPad.

Download on theApp Store