1. A platform to lead land administration in Korea VWORLD
Munsung KOH, Land Surveyor
LX Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation

2. Contents I Korea & LAS II VWorld III VWorld for Future LAS IV
Final words
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3. Part I.
Korea & LAS
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4. Korea changes in 60 years 1961 2013 I 91 US$ 53.7 years
GDP per capita*
Life expectancy*
25,977 US$
79.6 years
Extreme Poverty
UN-DAC member (2009)
Land Administration
Human
Resources
Geographical Advantages
Infrastructure & Systems
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* Source: World Bank

5. Cadastral Law Enactment (1950)
Modern LAS II
(Land Administration System)
Cadastral Law Enactment (1950)
70% Gov. budget & policies for territorial development
Start of Land Data Digitization (1980)
ICT led tenure security & social justice
Fully Digitized LAS (2000s)
LAS tools led productivity
GDP per capita*
60s s s s s s
LAS
Indirect support on Economic growth
LAS tools for further development `~
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* Source: World Bank

6. VWorld KLIS Korea land information system LAS Tool III
Comprehensive information management of
Cadastre, real estate & urban planning 2D
Weak interoperability
Working level
oriented
Standards 3D
Citizen oriented
Future
LAS Tools
Current
LAS Tools
VWorld
“For Sustainable Development”
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* Source: Spatial Information Industry Promotion Institute (2013)

7. Part II.
VWorld
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8. What is VWorld? Not a direct LAS tool
Map Service 25~50cm resolution
3D Model
10~50cm
resolution
Open Platform
For Anyone
Land Data Warehouse ca. 50 datasets
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9. Development II Main developer Objective Supervision
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Main developer
LX Korea Cadastral Survey Corp.
Objective
To provide national spatial data to public in web-based open platform
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10. To introduce VWorld, Korean spatial information technology
III
Rationale of Presentation
To introduce VWorld, Korean spatial information technology
& highlight its significance on Land Administration 3D
Current
LAS Tools
Future
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11. Part III. VWorld for Future LAS
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12. LAS Issues in the Next Decades*
Institutional catch-up II
LAS to capitalize on technology
III
Tools to administer the continuum of tenures IV
Land governance
* Source: Land Administration for Sustainable Development, ESRI (2009)
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13. Institutional catch-up
“LAS silos* must work cooperatively to continue innovation & development”
SILO
LAS agency that operates according to internal norms and functions and does not interact with other agencies
Cadastre
Topographic
Geographic
* Source: linkedin.com
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14. Weak interoperability
Continue
Weak interoperability
NOW
VWorld
Central platform
Open APIs
Municipality
Cadastre
Service
Survey
Forest
Registry
Office
Research
Institute
Topographic
Hydro
VWorld
Standards
70+ public Applications
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15. Virtual experience platform Virtual visit & data analysisII
LAS to capitalize on technology
“LAS must capitalize on technology to address urgent issues”
VWorld
Access limited areas
NOW
Virtual experience platform
Virtual visit & data analysis
to North Korea
1m Resolution
33 Theme maps
30,000 Geo data*
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* Source: Ministry of Unification (2014)

16. Laser Scanner / 3D MAX (0.15m)
III
Tools to administer the continuum of tenures
“LAS must administer the wide range of tenures”
2D parcel management
NOW
VWorld
3D Cadastral platform 3D
Cadastre
Height info.
Land info.
Reliability
Superfices
Easement
Condominium Ownership
Cadastre / Registries
Aerial photos ( m)
Laser Scanner / 3D MAX (0.15m)
VWorld
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* Source: Spatial Information Research Institute (2013)

17. Working-level oriented Public participatory platformIV
Land governance
“LAS must address land governance in a holistic way”
Working-level oriented
NOW
VWorld
Public participatory platform
Bottom-up approach
Anytime Anywhere
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Community mappings
Mobile participation

18. Part IV.
Final words
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19. Lessons from Korean LAS Economic growth supporter
Society needs Poverty eradication & Reconstruction
GOV. action Focus on Cadastre & ICT developed LAS
Lesson 1 Digitized LAS improved productivity
Lesson 2 Gov. driven LAS disregarded public participation
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20. Anticipations from VWorld Map / 3D / Data warehouse / Open platform
Society needs Data disclosure & Participation
GOV. action Open platform on the development
Anticipation Positive changes on LAS
Pending issue Complex data open process
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21. VWorld can provide answers to LAS issues!
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22. I deeply appreciate your attention and patience.
Thank You
I deeply appreciate your attention and patience.
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