Hanjin Launches Nationwide 'Road Information DB' Collection Project Using Delivery Vehicles

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Hanjin Co., Ltd. announced on the 28th that it is launching a new business to capture 'Street View' using delivery vehicles and collect 'Road Information DB.'

The dedicated cameras include exterior-mounted types on delivery vehicles (two on the left and right) and in-vehicle black box types, enabling the collection of road information such as street views, buildings, streetlights, facilities, and road surface information, and updates in various file formats. Through rapid updates, this will not only provide accurate street view services but also offer valuable information for maps, navigation, autonomous driving, and smart city construction, significantly contributing to advancing and realizing the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Street View is a map service that provides actual street images captured using vehicles with high-resolution cameras and has been offered by domestic portal sites since 2009. This business was promoted after reviewing the idea of an employee who won first place in the 2019 in-house contest titled 'New Business Proposal Utilizing Delivery Services.'

Road information data requires continuous updates every year by public and private companies, investing time and costs. It is highly valuable as it is used for updating map information in South Korea. In particular, by utilizing Hanjin's logistics network, urban areas can be captured every 2-3 days, ensuring the freshness of urban data.

To prepare for the new business of capturing 'Street View' and collecting 'Road Information DB,' Hanjin signed a business agreement with VR·AR content solution company UOK in March last year. UOK manufactures dedicated street view cameras mounted on vehicles and possesses core technologies related to GIS (Geographic Information Systems). It currently provides the Naver Map Street View service.

Led by Vice President Cho Hyun-min, head of Future Growth Strategy and Marketing, both companies have continued cooperation to discover new business models. Recently, they successfully completed the development and testing of cameras and software that can be mounted on delivery vehicles.

Hanjin and UOK are currently conducting pre-sales activities targeting potential customers and plan to begin full-scale sales by conducting a pilot operation for three months starting mid-July to derive marketable video (data).

A Hanjin official stated, "The road information network acquisition business can create added value by utilizing delivery vehicles nationwide and can also be used for public purposes. We will continue to actively create new businesses that can synergize with the logistics capabilities the company possesses and strengthen ESG management to establish a sustainable growth foundation."

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