Plan to expand the application of NB-IoT technology to new businesses, such as the management of aging homes and buildings

LG Uplus announced that it has signed a land and transportation IoT business agreement with the Spatial Information Research Institute of LX Korea Land Information Corporation and decided to apply NB-IoT technology to facility management businesses, such as cadastral surveying and management of aging houses and buildings. Cadastral surveying is also called the resident registration of the land, as it records all information about the national territory.

LX Korea Land Information Corporation is pursuing the so-called 'Geo-IoT commercialization,' which involves integrating cutting-edge sensors and IoT technology into existing cadastral surveying businesses to provide not only precise land surveying but also collected spatial big data information to the private sector.

LX Korea Land Information Corporation has decided to collaborate with LG Uplus on the Geo-IoT business and plans to jointly build an IoT platform that can manage cadastral work more efficiently by applying NB-IoT technology to the facility monitoring system currently under development.

By equipping NB-IoT modules on 'cadastral reference points,' which are reference points for conducting cadastral surveys accurately and efficiently, and 'boundary markers,' which are markers used to restore the boundaries of cadastral maps on the ground, it becomes possible to remotely and precisely check the status and location of cadastral reference points and to identify in real time whether the boundary markers have been lost due to landslides or heavy rain, or if their location has been changed artificially.

In particular, NB-IoT boundary markers equipped with various sensors such as acceleration, tilt, temperature, and humidity can not only determine whether they are lost but also monitor the movement status of facilities and atmospheric environment information of the installation area in real time.

Through this agreement, both companies expect to improve the precision of cadastral surveying, while also quickly identifying environmental information from all over the country and clarifying the land property rights of the people.

In addition, by utilizing various cadastral and spatial information collected through the NB-IoT monitoring system, not only national land surveying but also △management of vacant houses and prediction of aging building collapses △establishment of building emergency evacuation systems △high-tech applications for autonomous vehiclesThe plan is to expand the application of NB-IoT technology to various land information and spatial information projects, such as quality map production.

Meanwhile, LG Uplus completed the construction of commercial NB-IoT networks in most cities and provinces nationwide last month and is rapidly expanding its business scope by building remote gas meter reading and smart pipeline network management systems with major city gas companies and applying NB-IoT technology to solar power generation systems managed by local governments.

“It is meaningful to have established a smart land management system with LX Korea Land Information Corporation for the first time in the industry, having been recognized for our technological capabilities as a pioneer in IoT,” said Ahn Seong-jun, Executive Vice President and Head of the IoT Division at LG Uplus. “We expect this agreement to serve as an opportunity to secure a leading position in the Geo-IoT market by combining advanced sensors and IoT technology.”