'1st Spatial Information Utilization Competition'... Chungcheongnam-do Wins Grand Prize

An idea to integrate administrative data scattered across various fields such as welfare, environment, and facility management to establish an intelligent decision-making system won the grand prize at the 'Spatial Information Utilization Competition.'

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 21st that Chungcheongnam-do's 'Establishment of an Interactive Spatial Information Integration Platform for Remodeling Dormant Administrative Data' won the grand prize at the 1st Spatial Information Utilization Competition.

Spatial information is a key element of new industries such as autonomous driving and drones. It is an important foundation that supports rational decision-making in various administrative tasks and promotes budget savings and work improvements.

Since September, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has solicited excellent cases of spatial information utilization from national institutions, local governments, and public institutions, receiving 57 submissions. Winners were selected through document screening and evaluation by a panel of judges.

The grand prize was awarded to Chungcheongnam-do, the excellence awards to Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City and Korea Real Estate Board, and the encouragement awards to Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do and the Chemical Substance Safety Division of the Ministry of Environment.

Chungcheongnam-do presented content on integrating administrative data scattered across various fields and utilizing it as converged spatial information to establish an intelligent decision-making system.

Yeonsu-gu, Incheon City presented 'COVID-19 Web Map Driving the Local Economy,' and the Korea Real Estate Board presented 'Real Estate Price Disclosure Work Protecting Property Rights Using a GIS-based AI Automatic Judgment System.'

Im Heon-ryang, director of the National Spatial Information Center at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "Through this competition, we were able to confirm that awareness of spatial information utilization has greatly improved, with frontline institutions promoting various administrative tasks based on spatial information."

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