The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application

Geospatial information technology has emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation for many countries. Established along with the E-government drive, the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in South Korea is especially remarkab...

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Main Authors: Ju, Bola, Kelm, Kathrine
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Seoul 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716801606984840817/The-Power-of-Effective-Geospatial-Information-Management-in-South-Korea-Development-and-Application
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spelling okr-10986-349002021-04-23T14:02:11Z The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application Ju, Bola Kelm, Kathrine GEOSPATIAL DATA SPATIAL INFORMATON SATELLITE IMAGERY GLOBAL NAVIGATION DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SMART CITIES OPEN DATA NATIONAL INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Geospatial information technology has emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation for many countries. Established along with the E-government drive, the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in South Korea is especially remarkable, given the fact that South Korea was recently ranked 10th (in 2019) for its geospatial data infrastructure at the global level. Since the formulation of the open government policy in 2013, data were used from a wide range of end users, including the private and public sectors, which facilitated a significant growth in the national market, recording around seven billion US dollars of sales revenue in 2018. This note first introduces geospatial information and its technical evolution in general, then describes the NSDI development plans and strategies, economic impacts on the national market and two geospatial information applications. Finally, the note concludes with the key factors that contributed to the successful development and application of the NSDI, information and innovation. 2020-12-08T17:50:45Z 2020-12-08T17:50:45Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716801606984840817/The-Power-of-Effective-Geospatial-Information-Management-in-South-Korea-Development-and-Application http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34900 English Korea Office Innovation and Technology Note;No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Seoul Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Korea, Republic of
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topic GEOSPATIAL DATA
SPATIAL INFORMATON
SATELLITE IMAGERY
GLOBAL NAVIGATION
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SMART CITIES
OPEN DATA
NATIONAL INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
spellingShingle GEOSPATIAL DATA
SPATIAL INFORMATON
SATELLITE IMAGERY
GLOBAL NAVIGATION
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SMART CITIES
OPEN DATA
NATIONAL INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Ju, Bola
Kelm, Kathrine
The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Korea, Republic of
relation Korea Office Innovation and Technology Note;No. 4
description Geospatial information technology has emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation for many countries. Established along with the E-government drive, the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in South Korea is especially remarkable, given the fact that South Korea was recently ranked 10th (in 2019) for its geospatial data infrastructure at the global level. Since the formulation of the open government policy in 2013, data were used from a wide range of end users, including the private and public sectors, which facilitated a significant growth in the national market, recording around seven billion US dollars of sales revenue in 2018. This note first introduces geospatial information and its technical evolution in general, then describes the NSDI development plans and strategies, economic impacts on the national market and two geospatial information applications. Finally, the note concludes with the key factors that contributed to the successful development and application of the NSDI, information and innovation.
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author Ju, Bola
Kelm, Kathrine
author_facet Ju, Bola
Kelm, Kathrine
author_sort Ju, Bola
title The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application
title_short The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application
title_full The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application
title_fullStr The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application
title_full_unstemmed The Power of Effective Geospatial Information Management in South Korea : Development and Application
title_sort power of effective geospatial information management in south korea : development and application
publisher World Bank, Seoul
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716801606984840817/The-Power-of-Effective-Geospatial-Information-Management-in-South-Korea-Development-and-Application
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