Starting June, 'High-Resolution Aerial Photo' Service... See Land Changes at a Glance

(Photo by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The National Geographic Information Institute of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 20th that from next month, high-resolution aerial photographs will be sequentially provided through the National Land Information Platform.

High-resolution aerial photographs are core spatial information necessary for building the 'Digital Twin,' which is a key pillar of the Korean New Deal. A Digital Twin refers to a virtual land that accurately depicts the real land above ground, underground, indoors, and in the air in a virtual world.

The Ministry of Land plans to provide services to meet the diverse administrative demands of local governments and public institutions, and to contribute to the creation of new industries and technological development in the private sector.

To this end, orthophotos corrected from high-resolution aerial photographs will be provided more than three months faster than before. Additionally, the National Basic Map, which has used aerial photographs taken in the previous year, will significantly improve its timeliness by utilizing high-resolution aerial photographs from the current year.

High-resolution aerial photographs, with a resolution improved from the existing 25 cm, allow identification of terrain features that were previously difficult to discern, making them more suitable for the Fourth Industrial Revolution environment.

The 12 cm resolution aerial photographs of Dokdo taken in March clearly show the Taegeukgi flag at the west dock of Dokdo, which was difficult to identify in the previous 25 cm resolution aerial photographs.

While existing aerial photographs were used for map production, video map services on private portal sites, and as reference materials for civil complaints and litigation, high-resolution aerial photographs are expected to expand their use into various future-leading technological development fields such as smart cities, artificial intelligence (AI) training data, and detection of areas of interest.

Sagong Hosang, Director of the National Geographic Information Institute of the Ministry of Land, said, "With the advancement of technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, the value of high-quality data is increasing, and the potential value of high-resolution aerial photographs will be even more limitless."

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