Introduction of Geospatial Information Research Division
Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements

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About KRIHS…
The KRIHS strives to promote sustainable development by its contribution to national territorial policies

Founded in 1978, KRIHS has played a pivotal role in national territorial policy development withresearches in balanced national development, housing stability, infrastructure development andgeospatial information system. The policies KRIHS developed and suggested has contributed toenhancing the quality of life of the people.
With the enactment of the Act on the Establishment, Management and Promotion ofGovernment-Sponsored Research Institutes in 1999, KRIHS has become one of research institutes
under the supervision of the Korea Council of Economic and Social Research Institutes (KCESRI)
which is a supervisory body specially created to oversee those research institutes involved in thefields of economics and social studies under the Prime Minister.

The main tasks of KRIHS are to develop long-term and short-term plans and policies to lead tomore efficient use of land resources and to restructure imbalanced spatial structures. KRIHS
carries out various research projects in the areas of national territorial development, environment,
regional and urban development, infrastructure, land use, transportation and GIS.

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Where is KRIHS…
Located in Sejong National Research Complex, Sejong-si[KRIHS Video Clip] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDSl1JV5D9Y

Organization of KRIHS : Geospatial Information Research Division
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The Geospatial Information Research
Division investigates methods,technologies, and policies through which
geospatial information of the Korea
territory can be produced, analyzed, andutilized in an efficient manner.

Major research areas :-Policies of NSDI
Analysis of geospatial informationindustries and market changes
Digital Twin and Smart CityFusion of ICT technologies with GIS
Techniques for geospatial analysis andmodeling
Remote sensing methods
KOPSS(Korea Planning Support System)
Geospatial big data
Dynamic temporal geospatial data system

4Research Projects of Geospatial Information Research Division
National Spatial Data Infrastructure(NSDI) Research Center 空間情報政策センター-

The 6th National Spatial Data Infrastructure(NSDI) Master Plan-

Policy evaluation and making annual action plans of GIS project(central/local government)-

R&D projects of open source S/W-Digital Twin, CPS, block chain researches in geospatial information field-

ODA projects

Geospatial Analytics Center 国土情報分析センター-Developing indicators & index for territorial monitoring-

GI Application researches related to EBPM (national territory plan, regional plan, urban plan)-Geospatial big data, flow big data, geo AI, remote sensing-

Other studies of geospatial information analysis and convergence5

MOU with KRIHS & CSIS(2016)

6Today’s Agenda
 Developing Grid-based Spatial Indicators for The Territorial Monitoring Application of Accessibility Index for Monitoring Quality of Life
 Design on Framework of Interactive Territory Monitoring Report“We look forward to continuous research cooperation and collaborations in the future.”Contact to : Young-Joo LEE (leeyj@krihs.re.kr)
Director, Geospatial Analytics Center
Research Fellow, Geospatial Information Research Division
Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements