"KT Provides 'Beach Congestion Traffic Light' Service to Inform Crowded Beaches Using Big Data"

KT-MOF, Disclose Big Data-Based Beach Congestion Levels to Prevent COVID Spread During Vacation Season
Show Beach Congestion in 3-Level Traffic Light Format Using Base Station Signal Big Data Analysis

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Big data analysis technology is being utilized in quarantine measures during the vacation season. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to actively use KT big data to prevent the spread of infectious diseases by dispersing the number of visitors to beaches during the summer vacation season.

KT announced on the 1st that, together with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, it will provide a big data-based ‘Beach Congestion Traffic Light’ service for 264 beaches nationwide for two months starting in July.

This service, which was piloted last year at 50 beaches, has been expanded to all beaches nationwide this year. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries selected it as an exemplary case of proactive administration, noting that there were no COVID-19 infection cases reported at beaches last year.

The Beach Congestion Traffic Light service collects wireless signal big data from KT base stations detected at beaches in real time, analyzes it with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to count the actual number of visitors, and informs the congestion level every 30 minutes. The congestion is indicated by colors: green for visitor counts up to 100% of the appropriate capacity, yellow for 100% to 200%, and red for over 200%.

The service can be checked via Naver search, KT’s navigation service ‘One Navi’, and the government’s marine tourism information site ‘Bada Yeohaeng’. KT and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries aim to encourage vacationers to check the congestion status of beaches nationwide in advance, refrain from visiting crowded beaches, and reduce close contact at beaches where there is a risk of COVID-19 spread.

Choi Jun-gi, Head of KT AI and Big Data Convergence Business Division, said, “We are pleased that KT can support big data technology so that vacationers can enjoy safe sea travel during the holiday season,” adding, “KT will continue to advance real-time population positioning technology to contribute to national public life quarantine services.”

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