Drone Surveying Technology Competition to Be Held as MOLIT Organizes Event

[Financial News] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) will hold a competition showcasing the latest cadastral and drone surveying technologies.
MOLIT will host the two-day 2026 Land Information Challenge Cadastral and Drone Surveying Competition from the 10th to the 11th at Namwon Sports Complex in Namwon, Jeonbuk State, together with Jeonbuk State and the Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX). 
Now in its seventh year, the competition will be divided into cadastral surveying and drone surveying categories. About 300 people will participate, including local government officials representing all 17 cities and provinces nationwide, employees of LX, private-sector workers, and university students. This year, a new university student category was added to expand opportunities for future talent in geospatial information.
A university student category has been newly established in drone surveying this year. The aim is to allow future geospatial information professionals to experience the latest surveying technologies firsthand and compete in their skills. The university student category will feature questions similar to those on the national technical qualification exam for cadastral and industrial cadastral engineers, helping participants strengthen their career-related capabilities.
In the cadastral surveying category, participants will be evaluated on their ability to conduct surveys using advanced technologies and equipment, including the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). In the drone surveying category, rankings will be determined by the accuracy of results measuring land boundaries and shapes with low-altitude drones.
MOLIT holds the competition every year to promote and disseminate the latest cadastral and drone surveying technologies. The ministry added the drone surveying category in 2022, increasing interest in the field, and institutionalized drone surveying by establishing regulations for drone cadastral surveying in 2023. Its use in the field is expanding because drone surveying can reduce the personnel and time required compared with conventional cadastral surveying and can be used in mountainous areas that are difficult to access and for large-scale surveys.
A MOLIT official said, "We hope this competition will serve as a venue for the public sector, private industry, and academia to share expertise and experience and communicate in the field of cadastral surveying." The official added, "We will continue to provide active support so that surveying technology can advance by incorporating various technologies into cadastral and drone surveying."

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