The Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX) is expanding its overseas spatial information projects from traditional land surveying and administration to include digital twins and address information systems. In Saudi Arabia, LX is establishing a city management system utilizing digital twins, while in Mongolia, it is introducing a Korean-style address system.
According to LX, the corporation has conducted over 110 overseas spatial information projects in approximately 50 countries since starting its land surveying project in Laos in 2006. Recently, it has broadened its business scope to include digital twins and address information, leveraging its accumulated technology and experience in land information.
A notable example is the digital twin project in Saudi Arabia. From July 2024 to February of last year, LX developed city management services based on digital twins for three major cities: Medina, Jeddah, and Mecca. Digital twins are technologies that replicate real buildings and urban environments in virtual space to analyze and manage urban conditions.
In the Saudi project, LX developed functions for detecting illegal constructions, laying the groundwork for utilizing spatial information technology in urban planning and revenue management. Since May, LX has been working on follow-up projects to enhance the performance of its cloud-based platform and improve systems for independent development and operation of services.
In Mongolia, LX is promoting the overseas expansion of the Korean-style address system known as 'K-Address.' Despite rapid urbanization and diverse housing types, Mongolia lacks a standardized address system, complicating public services such as delivery and emergency response.
This year, LX initiated a 10.3 billion won project to modernize address information in Mongolia, focusing on the Sukhbaatar and Chingeltei districts of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. The project includes establishing an address information system, improving related regulations, and training local officials. The aim is to create a digital address management system based on accurate location information, thereby enhancing the efficiency of administrative services.
LX is also expanding its spatial information projects in Africa and Latin America. This year, it secured contracts for land administration capacity-building projects in Jamaica and the establishment of a land information platform and database in Zanzibar, Tanzania, with project sizes of 7.1 billion won and 4.1 billion won, respectively.
In Jamaica, LX will enhance land management capabilities through improvements in land administration systems and training of professionals. In Zanzibar, the plan is to integrate and digitize dispersed land information to establish an efficient land administration foundation.
Last year, LX also won contracts for a multi-purpose land digital transformation project in Colombia and a pilot project for a three-dimensional land system based on digital twins in Indonesia. In Colombia, it will develop a comprehensive master plan and establish a digital land system in pilot areas to improve land information management and resolve land disputes. In Indonesia, the project aims to establish a pilot three-dimensional land system utilizing digital twins.
Looking ahead, LX plans to continue expanding its business scope into digital twins and address information, leveraging its expertise in land information. The corporation aims to strengthen its competitiveness in overseas projects by linking local regulatory improvements, technology transfers, and professional training.
Oh Myung-soo, president of LX, stated, “The technology and experience accumulated over the past 20 years in land information are leading to new spatial information services such as digital twins and address information. We will continue to provide spatial information technologies and services tailored to the needs of each country to support the digital innovation of land administration.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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