Geo Dubai car to prepare 3D map of city
3D profiling of buildings, roads to help emergency responses, rescue missions, urban planning
Move over Google’s street view car. Residents can soon spot Dubai’s own street mapping car preparing the geospatial 3D map of the whole city which will facilitate emergency response and urban planning.
Civil Defence, police, and ambulance will use the 3D maps of Dubai buildings for emergency response services, rescue missions and firefighting operations by 2020, when Dubai Municipality aims to complete the 3D profiling of the city. The car is used for the municipality’s Geo Dubai project, an initiative to organise and facilitate geo-engineering procedures in the emirate.
The municipality showcased the street mapping car at the Gitex Technology Week 2018 on Sunday.
The vehicle is equipped with an integrated solution for collecting geospatial information installed on the roof of the car.
It prepares 3D maps, with the use of high-precision laser scanner, GPS devices and 360 degree panoramic cameras. The 3D maps with high resolution images can be used for all the services that require measurement of buildings and roads.
“It will help Civil Defence to know the height, accessibility, and complexity of the shape of a building where a fire has broken out. If they know that data, it helps the team to decide the devices they need to take and plan the firefighting operation in a better way,” said Mariam Al Muhairi, director of the GIS Centre.