'Statistics Korea Statistical Data Sangam Center' Opens on the 27th at Seoul Big Data Campus

New Seoul Sangam Center for Statistical Data Established
Access, Analyze, and Utilize 74 Types of City-Owned Big Data + 52 Types of Statistics Korea Data in One Place

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The ‘Statistics Data Seoul Sangam Center’ operated by the National Statistical Office will open on the 27th within the ‘Big Data Campus’ in Sangam-dong, Seoul.

According to Seoul City, the ‘Big Data Campus’ is a big data analysis service platform opened in July 2016 that supports the free sharing, analysis, and utilization of private and public data collected by the city since 2013 among the public, government, industry, and academia. It provides an open-source-based analysis environment so that any citizen can visit and freely utilize, analyze, and use the data. Analysis experts are stationed to assist citizens who find it difficult to use analysis programs.

The ‘Statistics Data Center’ is a data platform operated by the National Statistical Office since November 2018 that allows the analysis of statistical data held by the National Statistical Office linked with data from other public and private institutions. Due to a surge in users at the existing Jung-gu Seoul Center, demands for additional openings increased, leading the National Statistical Office and Seoul City to cooperate and newly establish the Statistics Data Seoul Sangam Center within the Big Data Campus.

By locating the ‘Big Data Campus,’ which manages Seoul’s big data, and the ‘Statistics Data Center,’ which provides statistical data from the National Statistical Office, in one place, it has become possible to simultaneously browse, analyze, and utilize data from both institutions. Previously, users had to visit each facility separately to browse, analyze, and utilize data.

Users can now access not only 74 types of private and public data held by Seoul City, such as credit card sales, logistics information, household finance, consumption behavior, resident population and movement, and public transportation, but also 52 types of data held by the National Statistical Office, including 17 types of statistical registries like population, households, and businesses, and 35 types of private data. The range of open data will gradually expand.

Furthermore, accessibility to statistical information for users in the metropolitan area will improve, and the number of users at Seoul City’s Big Data Campus is also expected to increase. The city anticipates maximizing the value of data utilization through data linkage in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by enhancing accessibility and usability for big data analysis users.

Ryu Geun-gwan, Commissioner of the National Statistical Office, said, “We expect the Statistics Data Seoul Sangam Center to play a key role in activating data utilization in the big data era,” adding, “The National Statistical Office will further promote the connection, integration, and utilization of data scattered across government ministries, local governments, and public institutions through the establishment of the K-Statistics System.”

Park Jong-su, Director of Smart City Policy at Seoul City, explained, “With the opening of the Statistics Data Center within Seoul City’s Big Data Campus, we expect improved accessibility and usability for big data analysis users,” and added, “Seoul City will continue to provide useful data production and services to citizens through linkage and utilization of big data with the National Statistical Office.”

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