The city of Seoul is beginning a project to restore and digitize land records created from the Japanese colonial period until 1975. The city plans to start with 440,000 records this year and complete the digitization of 2 million records by 2030.
The aim of this project is to digitize the land movement resolutions currently stored in paper or microfilm format at the Seoul Archives, establish a secure preservation system, and enhance accessibility by making these records searchable and viewable online.
The city has explained that once the digitization is complete, administrative efficiency is expected to improve due to the ability to quickly search and view documents. Additionally, the ease of accessing past records relevant to land-related lawsuits is anticipated to enhance the city’s responsiveness to civil complaints.
The city plans to utilize the digitized data for development projects, compensation work, and real estate policy while upgrading the cadastral preservation document system to allow for viewing and searching in one place.
Cho Nam-jun, head of Seoul’s Urban Space Planning Bureau, remarked, “This is a meaningful project to preserve and reflect on the history of our land as we approach the 80th anniversary of Liberation. We will continue to promote digital-based record administration to enhance citizens’ convenience.”
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