'Smart City' Incheon Geomdan New Town Dedicated Mobile App Service Launch

Development of Smart Life Guide 'Nest e-Eum' App
Providing Transportation, Safety, Environment, Culture, and Administrative Services

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon Urban Corporation (iH Corporation) will pilot operate the mobile-based Geomdan Smart City app 'Nest e-Um' starting from the 30th.

Nest e-Um is an app developed to support convenient and safe living for residents of Geomdan New Town in Seo-gu, Incheon, and plans to provide 20 services across five major areas: transportation, safety, environment, culture, and administration.

Geomdan New Town is preparing for the move-in of 7,976 households across six complexes within this year, starting with Hoban Summit Complex 1 on the 14th.

Nest e-Um will initially provide 250,000 pieces of lifestyle information in transportation, administration, education, medical care, and dining to facilitate residents' daily lives during the early move-in phase, and will add various services according to circumstances thereafter.

In particular, services for citizens' transportation convenience and safety are in preparation.

The app is being developed to enable calling and reserving I-MOD (on-demand mobility) buses, which drastically reduce bus waiting and travel times, through the Nest e-Um app, and will also introduce safety-related functions such as emergency rescue request services linked with the Incheon Disaster and Safety Situation Room.

The corporation plans to continuously advance and expand the Nest e-Um app after the pilot operation to enhance overall convenience in residents' lives and to serve as a communication channel for social activities and neighborly interactions among local residents.

The Nest e-Um app can be searched and downloaded from the Google Store (Android phones) and the App Store (iPhones).

Lee Seung-woo, president of iH Corporation, stated, "The Nest e-Um app was developed for residents of Geomdan New Town, and its name was chosen through a public contest. We hope this app will help residents settle in stably, and we will strive to provide smart services differentiated from other smart cities."

Meanwhile, Geomdan New Town, located in the Won-dang, Dangha, Majon, and Bullo neighborhoods of Seo-gu, Incheon, covering 11,106,000 square meters, will accommodate about 187,000 people by constructing approximately 75,800 housing units by 2023. iH Corporation and LH Corporation are jointly implementing the project with 50% equity each.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.