Event highlights use of AI and new technologies
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Monday that it will hold the "6th Digital Cadastre Day" ceremony Wednesday at the National Land Information Education Institute in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, together with LX Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corp. About 300 people from the cadastral surveying industry and local governments are expected to attend.
Digital Cadastre Day is an annual event held to mark the anniversary of the enactment of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, review progress on the project and strengthen cooperation. The cadastral resurvey project is a core national infrastructure initiative aimed at correcting errors in paper cadastral maps drawn up during the Japanese colonial period and converting the entire country's land records into precise digital coordinates.
At the ceremony, LX Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corp. will be redesignated as the "responsible implementing agency" for cadastral resurvey operations and presented with its designation certificate. Since the system was introduced in September 2021, the private cadastral surveying industry's participation rate in the project has expanded sharply from 5.9 percent to 51.0 percent, while the average project duration has been cut from about two years to between one year and one year and five months.
AI technology has recently been applied in earnest to the cadastral resurvey, further boosting efficiency. Since last year, AI has been used to automatically extract surveying reference points, reducing administrative workload and costs. A "Cadastral Resurvey AI Short-form Contest" exploring the future of digital cadastre through new technologies will also be held that day.
Jung Eui-kyung, director general of the Land and Urban Affairs Bureau at the ministry, said the government would "actively integrate new technologies such as AI and digital twins into the cadastral resurvey to better protect citizens' land property rights." Jung added that the ministry would "do its utmost to complete a digital land foundation that serves as a solid base for future mobility and smart cities."
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