Incheon Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Chan-dae) announced that its “Digital Twin-Based Spatial Information Platform Development” project has been selected as an outstanding project under the 2025 National Spatial Information Implementation Performance Assessment.
The assessment reviewed spatial information-related projects carried out by central government agencies and local governments nationwide in 2025, evaluating their implementation performance, use of spatial information, improvements in administrative efficiency, and other achievements to select the year’s outstanding projects.
Incheon’s “Digital Twin-Based Spatial Information Platform Development” project integrated the latest digital twin technologies to create a highly precise urban spatial ecosystem and incorporated it into various municipal administrative functions, achieving notable results.
In particular, the city received high marks for achieving both administrative innovation and budget savings rather than simply focusing on developing spatial information. Key achievements include the following: a future city policy decision-making support system was developed to address urban issues in older urban areas; legacy spatial information systems were transitioned to a domestically developed Geographic Information System (GIS) engine and cloud infrastructure; and “iMap” (www.imap.go.kr), a cutting-edge 3D spatial information portal featuring immersive, high-resolution spatial data, was developed.
Incheon successfully replaced foreign-developed GIS software with a domestically developed engine, significantly reducing the platform’s annual maintenance costs from KRW 1.3 billion in 2025 to KRW 570 million in 2026—a savings of approximately KRW 730 million. With additional savings from reduced annual foreign software licensing fees, the city expects to save approximately KRW 5 billion over the next 10 years. The city plans to reinvest these savings in platform upgrades and the ongoing renewal of up-to-date spatial information.
Citizen satisfaction with administrative services has also increased significantly. The Incheon City Spatial Information Portal “iMap,” which was fully revamped and launched on March 23, has created a digital twin environment that mirrors the actual urban environment, based on a cutting-edge immersive 3D map. Driven by these advances in municipal administration and improvements in user convenience, the portal has received an enthusiastic response from citizens and administrative users. Its average monthly visitor count nearly doubled from 110,000 in 2025 to 220,000 in 2026.
The Director of Incheon City’s Urban Planning Bureau stated, “Being selected as an outstanding project in the 2025 National Spatial Information Implementation Performance Assessment is the result of our continued efforts to drive data- and technology-based administrative innovation,” adding, “We will continue to leverage immersive 3D spatial information infrastructure to create a happier Incheon that citizens can experience firsthand.”
