Seongdong-gu Builds Big Data for Road View of Blind Spots Including Alleyways, Walking Trails, and Tunnels

Utilizing 5 Workers for Seongdong-type New Deal Jobs, Filming Over 7,000 Locations on Foot with 360-Degree VR Cameras... Built as an Internal System Linked with 'KakaoMap' Service for Field Work Use, Future Plans for Resident-Focused Services

Road View Screen Example (Alley Inside Traditional Market)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) is building a ‘Smart City Roadview Web Service’ that captures blind spots in local areas such as alleys and park walking trails, which are not provided by private portal roadviews, and offers them as roadview.

The district actively uses roadview for resolving civil complaints and policy implementation, but existing private portals only provide roadviews focused on major roads captured by vehicles, making it difficult to identify narrow areas where vehicle access is restricted.

Accordingly, the Seongdong-gu Big Data Center employed five young workers through the ‘Seongdong-type New Deal Job Project’ in the first half of this year to walk through narrow alleys, stairs, tunnels, and park walking trails, capturing blind spots not provided by existing private portals and creating roadview data. A total of 72 km was filmed with a 360-degree VR camera, establishing approximately 7,000 locations.

A district official stated, “The constructed roadview data will be internalized into the system to be used for various on-site policy implementations such as realistic situational assessment during civil complaint responses and on-site inspections for facility installations throughout the area.” He added, “Above all, it will serve as an important foundation at a time when establishing an efficient non-face-to-face work system is necessary due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).”

The center plans to build the ‘Smart City Roadview Web Service’ by the end of December, linking this data with the existing private portal ‘KakaoMap’ roadview, allowing it to be accessed within the internal system for work purposes.

Additionally, through future consultations, they plan to upload the service to private portal sites so that general residents can also use it.

The district announced that it will continue additional filming of spaces not shown on maps, such as school parking areas and park paths, and plans to update about 10,000 locations within the region.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “The construction of Seongdong-gu roadview big data is one of the good examples of digital transformation for non-face-to-face work, which has become essential in the COVID-19 era.” He added, “We will continue to strive to establish advanced administrative services in the post-COVID-19 era by utilizing smart technology.”

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