National Geographic Information

System (NGIS) in Korea

: from a national policy point of view

Jongnam Choi

Western Illinois University

Geospatial Information Research Center

Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements

Panama vs. Korea History

International politics

Economic situation

Background

GIS was first introduced in the late 1980’s.

Multiple GIS projects were conducted by separate institutions.

duplicated data implementation, lack of compatibility, and

quality deterioration

The central government realized the necessity for GIS.

Facing a range of problems

- pollution, traffic jams, and a lack of basic infrastructure

- promote economic development

Two LNG explosions in 1994 and 1995

decisive moments for the introduction of the NGIS

Purpose

Korean government planned to establish the National Spatial

Data Infrastructure (NSDI) through various efforts

- to construct GIS framework data

- to set up NGIS standards

- to develop GIS technology

- to construct GIS education and distribution network

Three 5-year “NGIS Master Plan” established

but actively executed the NGIS projects from “1998”.

Economic Crisis in Korea

NGIS Master Plans

The 1st NGIS Master Plan (1995-2000)

- to construct the infrastructure for national spatial data

- to strengthen national competitiveness

- to improve administrative productivity

The 2nd NGIS Master Plan (2001-2005)

- to realize a digital national territory by expanding NSDI

The 3rd NGIS Master Plan (2006-2010)

- to create infrastructure for realization of ubiquitous country

Information

Super Highway

• Due to insufficient capability of the private sector, the

government sector led investments and policy

measures.

• Focused on creating the initial demand for GIS by

constructing some digital basic maps like topographic maps

• Foundations of GIS such as the standard, technology,

human resource, and R&D were provided.

1st NGIS Master Plan (1995-2000):

To construct the infrastructure for national spatial data

Building Foundation for GIS

The 1st NGIS Project

1. converting existing paper topographic maps into digital maps

- 1:5,000 and 1:25,000 digital maps covering the entire nation

- 1:1,000 digital maps covering the urban regions

2. digitizing cadastral maps, underground facilities maps, and

road network maps

(PBLIS : Parcel Based Land Information System)

Aerial

Photo

Drawing Field

Survey

Editing Digital Map

The 1st NGIS Project

1. GIS standardization for NGIS

Examples:

- Spatial Data Exchange Format for NGIS

- Standards for the national base map and thematic map

2. Establishment of the Act on NGIS (2000)

- Prevents duplication of similar projects and facilitates

coordination among them

- Preparation of guidelines for data security, data quality, and

so on

• Induce participations of the local governments and

private sectors

• Explore a plan to improve the productivity of administration

and the quality of life by developing application services

using spatial information to peoples

• Consolidate the spatial data distribution system

• Diversify the ways to train specialized human resources

with GIS education and research projects

2nd NGIS Master Plan (2001-2005)

To realize a digital national territory by NSDI

Utilization & Distribution of NGIS

Korea Land Information System (KLIS)

Goal

-online real time service for land information at a parcel level

-support for land policy decision making, real-estate trade

management, real-estate brokerage management and real-

estate taxation

DB implementations

- build digital topographic map

-build a consolidated zoning DB defining laws and regulations

(urban planning etc.) on a continuous cadastral map

The 2nd NGIS Project

<Main Website> <Search by address> <Browsing Information>

Information Service through KLIS

http://www.onnara.moct.go.kr

The 2nd NGIS Project

National Geographic Information Clearinghouse (NGIC)

- Online Service of the constructed geographic information

- NGIC provides the search and distribution services of

geographic information, constructed and gathered from the

public and private sides as an integrated GIS portal site

http://www.ngic.go.kr

Comparing Investment for the 1st and 2nd NGIS Projects

Unit : billion won

million dollar

116.6

20.4

1.4

0

278.7TOTAL

545.9

Framework Data

Standardization

GIS Application System

GIS Tech. Development

Clearinghouse

H&R Training

R&D

179.4

128.7 306.5

4.0

22.7

21.2

7.6 7.2

4.0 4.7

3rd NGIS Master Plan (2006-2010)

To create infrastructure for realization of ubiquitous country

Informatisation of the national territory

To strengthen the NSDI

Embodiment of

e-government

based on GIS

Improvement of

quality of life through GIS

Creating new businesses

using GIS

Vision

Objectives

Infrastructure for ubiquitous Korea

Maximize the practical

merit of NGIS

Construct NSDI for user’s demandCooperative promotion with

other information strategies

Promotion

Strategy

Organization for 3rd NGIS

NGIS Promotion Subcommittee

Civil Advisory Committee

Technology

Development

Subcommittee

Technical Support Agency

Standardization

Subcommittee

Utilization &

Distribution

Subcommittee

Fundamental

Geographic

Information

Subcommittee

Policy System

Subcommittee

NGIS Promotion Committee

Technology Development Subcommittee

Technology & Policy Support Agency

Standardization Subcommittee

Utilization & Distribution

Subcommittee

Framework data

Subcommittee

Policy System Subcommittee

NGIS Promotion Executive Committee

I. GeospatialInformation

Infrastructure

II. Land MonitoringIV. u-GIS based

Construction Technology

V. u-GIS coreSW Technology

III. Intelligent UrbanFacility Management

Period of program : Nov. 2006 ~ Nov. 2011 (5 years)

Budget : 1.5 trillion won 1.5 billion US dollars

The 3rd NGIS Project

NGIS Master Plans

Korea has successfully implemented the NGIS Plans

by encompassing public, civil and industrial sectors

Public institutions

- GIS-based e-government

- improve their administrative efficiency and public services

Civil sectors

- promotion of civil safety and convenience

Industrial sectors

- new industrial development and new business opportunity

- activate the service industry exploiting geospatial information

Competitiveness

Industrial,

Institutional,

Civil sectors

Research

Baseline development,

System development,

Standard building

Education

Develop human resources

training, workshops, educational

institutes

Thank you

Advanced geodetic

reference frameworks

Integration of surveying

Instruments and equipment

Geospatial DB construction

with Unique Feature Identifier

Improvement of efficiency in geo-spatial information manipulation

Budget reduction in land spatialization & mapping

Expense reduction in usual surveying

Increase of the operability of digital maps

Effects

R&D Project I -『 Geospatial Information Infrastructure 』

Aerial monitoring tech.

Integrated monitoring systems

Real-time land monitoring

Effective management of land related disasters

Realization of real-time land monitoring

R&D Project II -『 Land Monitoring 』

Terrestrial monitoring tech.

Effects

Underground Facility

Management

Ground Facility Management

Centralized Urban Facility

Management Platform

Acquisition of spatailization tech. & infra. for u-City implementation

Reduction of accidents in public facilities

Improvement of re-usability of spatial data

Future city infra. technologywith next generation facility management

R&D Project III -『 Intelligent Urban Facility Management 』

Effects

Integration of construction

CAD to GIS data

Resource and construction

site management with LBS

Geo-technical information

Management

Efficient management of construction resources

Real time update on the geo-morphological changesManagement of manpower, resources and facilitiesSafety in construction fields

R&D Project IV -『 u-GIS based Construction Technology 』

Effects

ubiquitous geo-spatial

information processing,

management, and integration

Advanced visualization

technology

Indoor spatial information

management

Production of u-GIS core SW competitive in the world GIS market

Increase of the international market share of u-GIS SW

Increase of the market of Internet geo-spatial contents

Improvement of the use of existing data through data fusions

Customized supply

of geo-spatial information

R&D Project V -『 u-GIS Core SW Technology 』

Effects

Construction of the 3D Spatial Data Infrastructure

- Construction of the 3D DB using various existing 2D database

- Ongoing Pilot project for the 3D data model and standards

<example of 3D spatial data>

Regions for the pilot project

Constructed Area (2006)

Pilot Area (2007)

The 3rd NGIS Project

The 3rd NGIS Project

Urban planning Flood simulation

Examples of 3D Application

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