National GIS policy and land managment information systems in Korea
Sakong, Hosang and Kirl Kim
The Korean government formulated 'The 1st National GIS Master Plan' which is purposed to establish a NSDI base in a systematic and consistent way, and began the national GIS project as of May 1995. The master plan has key objectives as follows: to consistently push forward with the GIS project, curb redundant investments through a cooperation system between related parties, and systematically build and use national spatial information. Also, the purpose of NGIS project is to build and provide various range of spatial information about national land effectively for the people. NGIS could help realize the efficient use of national lands and resources, and contribute to the development of national economy. Compared with foreign cases, Korean GIS policy has a distinctive feature which is the Government-led project in order to systematically implement the GIS project based on the national master plan. This paper presents a trend of NGIS policy for past 10 years and future directions in Korea. In particular, NGIS strategies in the 3rd NGIS Master Plan will be described with changes in GIS condition and policy directions in the future.
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