Analysis of Vertiport at UAM take-off and landing sites, safe UAM travel routes,  etc. 

Wavus, a spatial information integration solution company, will participate in the pilot of downtown aviation mobility (UAM) in Gwangmyeong-si based on digital twin technology .

According to the financial investment industry and the company on the 12th, Wavus is participating in the UAM-related data demonstration technology field at the Ministry of  Land, Infrastructure and Transport's digital twin  national land pilot  project  in Gwangmyeong City .

Since july last year, Wavus has  been participating in the  UAM-related data demonstration technology field at the Ministry of  Land, Infrastructure and Transport's digital twin national land pilot  project  in Gwangmyeong City . [Photo = Wavus] 

Digital Twin is a technology that analyzes the real world and the virtual world in real time and predicts future events by implementing a model that reflects reality in the virtual world. Everything that exists in reality can be implemented and utilized virtually. In particular, it can be applied to a wide range of manufacturing, transportation, and urban fields. This is why digital twin technology is connected to smart cities and UAMs.

Wavus' main business is the creation of a land, intellectual, and real estate  spatial information  development platform. It also operates spatial information SI (system integration), SM (maintenance), and infrastructure construction projects.  The  underlying technology related to digital twin is Union Map. It contains various three-dimensional analysis functions such as viewing rights, viewing rights, sunlight rights, and altitude  analysis.  Digital twin  technology is  essential in the UAM field .

Wavus' main customers are local governments such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea National Land Information Corporation, and Gwangmyeong City.

Gwangmyeong City was  selected for  the digital twin  national land pilot  project of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in July last year and  is conducting UAM demonstration based on digital twin for the  first time in the  country .

In  preparation for  the commercialization of  UAM, Wavus will analyze and derive the location of Vertiport, a  UAM take-off and  landing site, and a safe route.

A company official  said, "Space information  is an  essential base technology that converts  UAM's vertical port  location,  travel path,  and noise effects  generated during movement into  data  through the  system ."

In particular, Wavus is rapidly increasing its capacity to participate in the business as it has its own ability to produce spatial information.

Until  the end of  last year, Wavus's  spatial information  solution had  been buying data from external spatial information producers without directly producing spatial information by  making surveys,  numerical maps, and  taking aerial photographs .

However, based on the processing and service capabilities of spatial information, local governments and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport established and operated a business system (Korea Land Information System, Real Estate Comprehensive Study System, and Land Information System). Through secondary processing, spatial information production was indirectly carried out from management, processing, distribution, and utilization services.

It is expected that direct production of spatial information will be possible this year. On December 31 last year, Wavus decided to acquire Naver  System's Geographic Information  System (GIS) business division and  secured its  capacity to produce  spatial information  such as  aerial photography, geodetic surveying, and  video processing .

 Expectations are also growing for Wavus to expand its business as Gwangmyeong City has participated in the UAM pilot route project linking Incheon Airport to KTX Gwangmyeong Station.

Gwangmyeong-si is also in Yeongjong-do in November last year. At the K-UAM Confex event held at the Paradise City Hotel, it  signed an  agreement with Incheon  City, Incheon International  Airport Corporation, Korea Expressway Corporation, Incheon  Port Authority, and the  Aerospace Industries Convergence Institute to  develop UAM pilot  routes in  the metropolitan area .

Gwangmyeong City and these institutions will establish a cooperative system for joint development of UAM pilot routes from Incheon Airport to KTX Gwangmyeong Station. It also plans to cooperate in all fields, including systems and procedures necessary for the development of UAM pilot routes, development and implementation plans, and test and demonstration plans.

As the connected local governments expand, the opportunities for Wavus to participate in the project are also expected to expand.

Meanwhile, Wavus carried out a project with the Korea National Land Information Corporation to build a big data platform and center in the field of spatial convergence. The study period is from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023.

The research results include the establishment of a core data production and convergence platform that can be fused with various data technologies such as autonomous driving, smart city, drones, UAM, and metaverse. In the  case of Wavus , based on the GeOnPaaS solution, a  core engine of  spatial information, it  was responsible for  key areas of the  platform such as data linkage, construction, convergence, quality management system, and nuclear new service of the spatial convergence platform .

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