Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Calls for Local Governments to Participate in 'Digital Twin Land' Pilot Project

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 10th that it is currently recruiting local governments to participate in the 3rd Digital Twin Land Pilot Project and will hold an explanatory session for local governments and related companies on the 11th.

The 3rd Digital Twin Land Pilot Project is open for applications in five selected themes based on local government demand surveys and expert consultations: ▲social issue resolution type and ▲latest AI technology utilization type, which integrates artificial intelligence (AI) technology with digital twin in two categories.

In particular, the latest AI technology utilization type was newly established to build a digital twin model for public services that citizens can experience by linking AI technologies that understand human natural language such as ChatGPT with spatial information like 3D data and tourism information.

The pilot project application targets all local governments nationwide, including metropolitan cities and basic cities, counties, and districts, and plans to select a total of seven local governments: five for the social issue resolution type and two for the latest AI technology utilization type.

Local governments wishing to participate in the application should prepare a project plan tailored to their characteristics and submit it to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the pilot project management agency, Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation.

The evaluation will be based on usability of the project content (50 points), innovativeness (30 points), and the local government's proactiveness (20 points), and a bonus point system will be applied to encourage active use of spatial data from related agencies such as the Ministry of Environment, Cultural Heritage Administration, and Korea Forest Service.

Applications can be submitted until May 31, and after a written evaluation (first round) and presentation evaluation (second round) by a panel of experts in the digital twin field, the final selection will be made in June.

The five local governments selected for the social issue resolution type pilot project will each receive up to 700 million KRW, and the two local governments selected for the latest AI technology utilization type pilot project will each receive up to 500 million KRW in government funding.

Detailed information about the 3rd Digital Twin Land Pilot Project can be found and downloaded from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport website.

Park Geon-su, Director of Land Information Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "Through this 3rd pilot project, citizens will be able to preview the future of land management using new technologies such as digital twin and AI," adding, "The government will continue to pay attention to and promote the Digital Twin Land project to solve regional issues and make citizens' lives more convenient."

An explanatory session on the 3rd Digital Twin Land Pilot Project will be held at 2 p.m. on the 11th at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport auditorium in the Sejong Government Complex. This session will offer various programs to learn about the latest trends in the digital twin field, including international standards for digital twin and demonstrations of digital twin platforms. It is open to public officials in charge from local governments nationwide, spatial information industry personnel, and anyone interested in Digital Twin Land.

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