High-Resolution Aerial Photos and 3D Spatial Information to Be Available to the Public from the 17th

Enforcement Decree of the New Abandoned Building Maintenance Act Requires Notification at Least 7 Days Before Ex Officio Demolition

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that the revised enforcement decree of the "National Spatial Information Basic Act," which includes provisions allowing private companies to receive high-precision spatial information established by the government, will take effect from the 17th.

Three-dimensional spatial information and high-precision aerial photographs have been classified as spatial information that could pose a risk to public safety if disclosed, and thus have only been provided on a limited basis for academic research and public welfare purposes.

This revision of the enforcement decree is a follow-up measure following the amendment of the National Spatial Information Basic Act on March 16 last year, which allows private companies with appropriate security management systems, after security review by the managing agency, to receive spatial information that was previously restricted from disclosure.

Going forward, private new industries such as autonomous driving, augmented reality, and virtual reality (AR/VR) will be able to utilize high-precision and three-dimensional spatial information established by the government to develop new services and apply them in their businesses.

Additionally, a new enforcement decree for the Act on the Maintenance of Abandoned Buildings, which includes compensation standards for building owners when local governments forcibly demolish buildings with high safety risks, will also take effect on the 17th.

The new enforcement decree requires local governments to send a demolition notice to the building owner at least seven days before the scheduled demolition date when forcibly demolishing abandoned buildings. The compensation paid to the building owner will be calculated as the arithmetic average of the amounts appraised by two or more appraisal corporations.

When the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) or local public corporations intend to renovate abandoned buildings into multi-family housing, they may receive special exceptions to housing construction standards applied to remodeling of multi-family housing, allowing the use of abandoned buildings without demolition.

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