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in korea Smart Geo Expo Digital twins were all over the place last week. Korea’s stunning skyline was built in just 70 years.
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With a population of just 50 million, the country ranks sixth in the world for infrastructure with an impressive range of bridges, roads and airports. South Korea has developed this sophisticated infrastructure very quickly, leveraging the best available technology. South Korea is currently pursuing an ambitious project to help maintain infrastructure and continue development and ensure resilience: a nation-wide digital twin.
Asan, about 30 minutes from Seoul by bullet train, is a coastal city with a population of about 340,000 and one of five cities designated by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MOLIT) as pilot cities for the Digital Twin Project in South Korea. is. A geospatial team of 30 people is working to perform cadastral mapping and surveys of roads, waterways, and buildings across 542 square kilometers of the city. MOLIT is developing a Digital Twin National Land Platform to manage data.
Fifteen of Asan’s geospatial team are licensed drone pilots, three of whom work full-time on drone mapping using a combination of DJI Matrice aircraft and Remo-SV surface vehicles. Aquatic drones provide bathymetric data that enable modeling of bathymetry and provide depth information for waterways. Digital twin projects integrate land and waterway models.
Creating an accurate digital twin of every road, building, bridge, national monument, and park across the country is a massive undertaking. However, the potential payoff is great. At the Smart Geo Expo exhibit, attendees will be able to “ride” on a stationary bike along cycling trails and tour the country’s cultural monuments in their virtual reality, creating a digital twin of the countryside. I was able to experience The completed data is used for a variety of purposes, including managing development, maintaining infrastructure efficiently, and ensuring resilience to natural disasters.
In addition to its efforts to develop a digital twin of the country, Asan’s drone team is working with city departments to provide first response and search and rescue services as needed.
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