Seongnam City Shares Its "Smart City Administration" Model with Philippine GMA City Delegation

Philippine GMA City Delegation
Benchmarking Digital Twin and Spatial Information Systems

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Shin Sangjin) announced on the 27th that a delegation from General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) City in the Philippines visited Seongnam to benchmark its spatial-information-based scientific administrative decision-making model.

A delegation from GMA City, Philippines, visiting Seongnam City, poses for a commemorative photo with officials from Seongnam City's Fourth Industrial Revolution Bureau. Photo by Seongnam City

This visit was part of the "Market Development Project Support Program" promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the International Contractors Association of Korea. GMA City requested the visit to directly examine Seongnam City's case of operating a spatial information system across its overall administration and to explore the possibility of applying similar policies.

General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) City is located in Cavite Province in the Philippines and is a representative growth city situated adjacent to Metro Manila. In response to rapid recent urbanization, the city is pursuing the introduction of a digital-based administrative system in various areas, including transportation, disaster management, and urban planning.

The delegation visiting Seongnam City this time consisted of four members, led by City Councilor Angela Paicana. On the 26th, they visited Seongnam City Hall, toured the Urban Information Integration Center and the Drone Integrated Control Room, and examined cases of smart administrative services that utilize a real-time city data integrated management system for citizen safety responses and an open-source-based digital twin integrated platform.

City Councilor Angela Paicana said, "It is very impressive that the digital-twin- and GIS-based smart city model that GMA City in the Philippines aspires to has already been successfully implemented in Seongnam City," adding, "I hope this visit will serve as an opportunity for GMA City to leap forward as an innovative smart city."

An official from Seongnam City said, "Based on our cases of operating scientific administration, we will continue to expand exchanges and cooperation with overseas cities."

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