Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation Designated as 'Responsible Agency for Cadastral Resurvey'

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it has designated the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX) as the 'Responsible Agency for Cadastral Resurvey' and presented the designation certificate on the 13th.

The cadastral resurvey is a national land information digitization project that corrects the registered details in the cadastral records through cadastral surveying and land investigation in areas where the cadastral maps created 110 years ago during the Japanese colonial period do not match the actual land use status.

Until now, the cadastral resurvey projects have been carried out through competition between the public institution LX and private companies registered for cadastral surveying. Because of this, private companies, whose organization, personnel, and equipment are relatively inferior to those of LX, often found it difficult to participate in cadastral resurvey projects. In fact, from 2012 to 2020, out of the 139.1 billion KRW budget allocated for cadastral resurvey, private companies only secured 12 billion KRW (8.6%).

Accordingly, the Ministry of Land introduced the Responsible Agency system for cadastral resurvey to expand private company participation and shorten project durations. Under this system, local governments as project implementers will entrust cadastral resurvey surveying to the responsible agency, which must subcontract some parts of the project to private companies.

LX will undertake the cadastral resurvey projects starting from the fourth quarter of this year and will provide software and technical support to facilitate smooth operations by private companies. In pilot areas where the Responsible Agency system was applied this year, private company participation increased significantly to 49.7%.

Nam Young-woo, head of the Cadastral Resurvey Planning Division at the Ministry of Land, said, "By designating the Responsible Agency for cadastral resurvey, we have established a system that can promote the project more swiftly," adding, "This will further expand private company participation, greatly contributing to industry revitalization and job creation."

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