CPS Resource Centre
Korea 2014-03-20
On March 20, 2014 Korea Post issued two new stamps depicting a cadastral readjustment project taking place in the country. These fascinating stamps show a myriad of current high-tech devices used for surveying and mapping. The 300₩ stamp features what appears to be a GPS receiver of some type and a rotary aerial drone, whose intended use in this context, is probably aerial photography. In the background is a map graphic of the Korean peninsula. The 390₩ stamp features an Android smartphone, used as a mobile mapping terminal, with a cadastral map on the display showing what may be two different sets of parcel boundaries. In the background is what appears to be an oblique aerial image of an apartment complex overlaid with some vector GIS data depicting cadastral parcel boundaries. Both stamps are issued in the same joint sheet of 20 (4×5) format. A graphic of a satellite is shown in the upper right selvedge of the sheet. [ some geospatial colleagues in the Korean government pointed out this article, in Korean, which describes the project. another article in English was published in August 2013. this is not the first depiction of a smartphone on a stamp however it may be the first time where a map is shown on the display and the device’s intended use is for field-surveying. also, while this is not the first UAV/drone to be depicted on a stamp, we think this is the first time a rotary UAV has been shown on a stamp. we welcome any additional information and discussion on this very unique and timely cartophilatelic issue. — web admin ]
