Incheon City, First Metropolitan Government to Assign Road Names to Hiking Trails... "Used for Rescue and Relief in Emergencies"

5km Section of Munhak Mountain Hiking Trail Named 'Munhak Saneumgil' Road Name

Incheon City has become the first metropolitan local government to assign road names to hiking trails with weak location information, utilizing them for rescue and relief efforts in emergencies.

The city first assigned the road name "Munhaksan Eumgil" to a section of the Munhak Mountain hiking trail frequently used by citizens (a 5 km stretch from Suin Line Songdo Station to near Beopjusa Temple in Seonhak-dong) and announced it on the 22nd. "Eumgil" is a pure Korean word meaning a winding or circuitous path.

With this road naming, addresses can be assigned to rest areas and facilities around the Munhak Mountain hiking trail, making address-based location information services, such as forest path pedestrian route guidance, easier to provide.

Munhaksan Eumgil will have basic numbers (1 to 500) spaced 20 meters apart on both sides. The city plans to install address information facilities at 100-meter intervals along Munhaksan Eumgil and provide address information data to the public and private sectors through the address information website, allowing anyone to utilize it.

'Munhaksan Eumgil' Basic Number Plate [Provided by Incheon City]

In addition, in June, a meeting will be held with officials from Michuhol and Yeonsu Districts, which have jurisdiction over Munhaksan Eumgil, as well as the police and fire departments, to unify the location information?currently displayed differently by each agency?based on road name addresses and to discuss the installation and utilization plans for address information facilities.

Starting with the Munhak Mountain hiking trail, the city plans to assign road names to 10 representative hiking trails in Incheon, including Gyeyangsan and Manisan, by next year.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has established the "1st Basic Plan for Address Information Utilization," promoting the assignment of road names to forest paths and walking trails to expand detailed address information for public safety.

Until now, the national grid point number system has been introduced and operated in non-residential areas such as mountains and coastal regions without road name addresses. However, this system uses a grid and coordinate format to indicate location information, making it difficult to remember and communicate verbally, which limits its usability.

An official from Incheon City stated, "We will expand the assignment of road names to frequently used forest paths and walking trails and build detailed address information to ensure citizen safety."

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