Gyeonggi Autonomous Driving Center Releases 1.8 Million Public Autonomous Driving Data Records

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that it will open to the public 1.8 million autonomous driving-related data records collected from the Gyeonggi Autonomous Driving Center.

Accordingly, anyone can access the Public Data Portal (www.data.go.kr), the Gyeonggi Autonomous Driving Center Portal (ggzerocity.or.kr), and Gyeonggi Data Dream (www.data.gg.go.kr) to conveniently utilize autonomous driving-related data collected from the Pangyo Autonomous Driving Test Bed without requiring separate data processing.

The province explained that in 2020, the Pangyo Autonomous Driving Test Bed of the Autonomous Driving Center was selected in the autonomous driving vehicle data and autonomous driving integrated control data categories among six thematic areas and 46 fields in the Ministry of Interior and Safety's "National Priority Data Release Support Project (Phase 3)." With the completion of the second-year project last year, Gyeonggi Autonomous Driving Center autonomous driving data will be released starting from the 25th.

The National Priority Data Release Project is a government-wide public data release initiative for the data economy and digital new deal, with Phase 3 running from 2020 to 2022.

Of the 1.8 million data records being released on the 25th, 72,000 image records automatically extracted through intelligent closed-circuit television (CCTV) are processed object recognition data, which is expected to be highly beneficial for startup companies related to autonomous driving artificial intelligence (AI) advancement.

Additionally, approximately 370,000 risk detection information data records utilizing Pangyo Zero City infrastructure and control center data for road surface conditions and pedestrian care services are expected to enhance autonomous driving safety.

Approximately 1.35 million sensor data records from autonomous driving shuttles operated by Gyeonggi Province enable startup companies engaged in autonomous driving demonstration to freely use object recognition and GPS/INS (location information) data from vehicle operations.

The Gyeonggi Autonomous Driving Center is the first to simultaneously release both autonomous driving data from real road environments and cooperative autonomous driving infrastructure data.

The integrated autonomous driving vehicle-infrastructure data provided by the Gyeonggi Autonomous Driving Center this time can be utilized as learning data for autonomous driving, and can be applied to autonomous driving simulation scenario generation, autonomous driving digital twin/metaverse modeling, and more.

Particularly significant is that it can be utilized not only by autonomous driving vehicle technology development companies but by all users in the cooperative autonomous driving industry, including infrastructure sensor (radar/lidar/CCTV, etc.) development companies, autonomous driving communication device development companies, autonomous driving control platform supply companies, and local governments operating autonomous driving test beds.

Kim Gyu-sik, Gyeonggi Province's Director of Future Growth Policy, stated, "In the era of digital transformation, we will do our best to improve the quality of life for Gyeonggi Province residents and ultimately all citizens by proactively producing and releasing data while fostering an autonomous driving ecosystem."