Asian Land Management
The South Korean government has developed a “Korean land management infrastructure model,” which simplifies all of the processes of land management – from land surveying to registration, valuation, usage plans, and development – into one, and will pass down the model to developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) announced on Oct. 1 that it will introduce the Korean land management infrastructure model at the 20th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP) and the 4th United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), which will be held in Jeju Island from Oct. 5 to 10.
The model is established after the NGII, Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corp. (LX), Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), and Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) formed a consultative group in April in order to promote the spatial information industry market and help domestic spatial information firms push into overseas markets, and integrated the land management systems of each institution. It combined the LX’s land surveying and registration system, KRIHS’ land usage plan and development system, and KAB’s valuation system into one.
An official from the NGII said, “We are planning to introduce this model to Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan at the U.N. land management workshop on Oct. 5 and the EurAsian Spatial Information Conference on Oct. 8, and advance into these markets. Since the model is verified in the domestic market, it will be able to tap into not only developing countries but also advanced countries with low land registration rates.”
Meanwhile, the event, which will take place in Jeju Island, will be participated in by 56 member countries of the UN-GGIM Asia Pacific Committee and 10 international organizations, including the U.N. Korea currently chairs the UN-GGIM-AP. If the Korean land management infrastructure model is selected as an international standard, it will gain momentum for the advance into the Asia-Pacific region.