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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

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Thursday, 4 May 2023

Malik : the Mapping Magician

 


 

 

Context :

Urban India’s 3D digital twins are on their solution to be born   

 

Extract :

India might quickly be a part of the ranks of cities and nations corresponding to Singapore, Yingtan in China, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Auckland, Helinski, and US states corresponding to Boston, Colarado and Orlando which have constructed digital twins to reinforce their effectivity, coordination and governance.


Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, too, is already being constructed as a digital twin. Mumbai-based Genesys International, a geospatial merchandise and options agency that introduced plans to create a Digital Twin of India’s prime 100 cities about 18 months in the past, hopes to finish 20 digital twins by the tip of 2024. CE Infosystems, higher generally known as MapmyIndia, too is engaged on a 3D digital twin in India.


A Digital Twin is a three-dimensional (3D) digital illustration of an object or system that ship real-time insights into the efficiency, operation, or profitability of a bodily object—even a metropolis.


The digital twin of a metropolis, thus, may help policymakers enhance metropolis governance and the city ecosystem by enabling higher planning of infrastructure at decrease prices.


Sajid Malik, chairman and managing director of Genesys, stated his firm plans to cover  “the highest 20 cities of India within the subsequent 12-18 months. These are the larger areas from a geographic protection perspective—the opposite cities are smaller. Our progress has additionally been made attainable on account of India’s new geospatial coverage (National Geospatial Policy 2022), which now permits us to gather and create content material.”


In December 2021, Genesys launched a programme that envisaged offering 3D information for the highest 100 cities within the nation with the intention to develop purposes that would clear up a number of issues going through city India.


In July 2022, it partnered with Esri India, a Geographic Information System (GIS) software program and options supplier, to assist it present a know-how platform for 3D modelling and evaluation of the information.


Two months later, Genesys additionally introduced a partnership with infrastructure engineering software program firm Bentley Systems.


The concept, in keeping with Malik, was so as to add engineering and software information layers to the 3D digital twins of every metropolis to allow native governments to enhance public companies together with city governance, catastrophe administration, emergency response, and tourism.


But growing a 3D digital twin of a metropolis is an onerous process. Genesys International is already working with Google Street View for road imagery and hopes to gather round 1 million kilometres of photographs of cities and cities by the tip of this yr.


“This is a high-definition engineering grade map the place each inch of town is introduced inside a GIS system,” said Malik.


To create a digital twin, one needs multiple layers of data. “So, we have to collect aerial data and obliques (sides of buildings), etc., to create a 360 degree, immersive experience of every part of the city.


Street imagery implies that we also capture all the street furniture, the road information, stores, storefront data, etc.,” defined Malik.

 


Dear Shri Malik ,

 

( sajid.malik@igenesys.com  /  sajid@igenesys.com  )


Congratulations on your pioneering initiative to create 3 D  Digital Twins of India’s

major cities . It is bound to revolutionize the governance of a city


One , very important application, would be to catch and stop “ Unauthorised “

construction , not only of a full building but , even of a SINGLE FLOOR addition !

Your software should be able to send out ALERTS to all and sundry . It can alert

RERA authorities of each State, in real time and send SMS alerts to ED / CBI etc !

 

I guess that 3D view ( of a city’s landscape ) is , currently “ viewable “ on a flat

screen ( PC – TV etc )

 

I request you to consider rendering that view as a “ 3D Volumetric Hologram “ ,

free floating in air – and capable of being manipulated / rotated thru 360

degrees with fingers !


 

For this, you may want to write to Mr Joe Ward ( Founder ) – IKININC /

https://ikininc.com/category/in-the-news/

 

May be this ( application ) is either already implemented – or will soon get

implemented


However , I urge you take up , a far more challenging – and far more beneficial 

application as outlined in my following blog ( sent as E Mail to our Cabinet

Ministers ) :


Ø  Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ?  ............. 20 Nov 2018

 

Following is what ChatGPT has to say about my suggestion :

 

My question to ChatGPT :

 

Does this make sense ?


Transport is getting to be a big problem world-wide 

By 2018 , total number of cars / buses / trucks in the world was approx. 1.4 Billion 

By 2036 , this is expected to go up to 2.8 Billion ( doubling in 20 years ) 

I have not bothered to dig up figures for bicycles - 2 / 3 Wheeler – Tractors etc 

In short travelling / transporting is getting to be a huge headache 

And emission pollution is killing millions 

All over the world , experts and authorities are coming up with a number of suggestions to solve this problem 

To me, these attempts seem disparate / loose / uncoordinated / tangential 

I have yet to come across a holistic / all-encompassing / multi-dimensional

solution 

Following is my suggestion for an INTEGRATED LOGISTICS PLAN [ ILP ]

 

ChatGPT answered :

 

Yes, the text makes sense.


It presents a problem statement about the increasing transportation problem

worldwide, and suggests an integrated logistics plan (ILP) with guiding principles

and goals to minimize transport and reduce pollution.


The road map to achieve the goals is then presented with the logic for

determining the harm quotient (HQ) based on factors such as energy source,

ownership, purpose, age of the vehicle, type of vehicle, capacity, space used, time

when used, and where used.

 

The text also provides an illustration of how to compute the HQ.

 

 

My next question :

 

Keeping the above-stated objectives in mind , do you think following

implementation process / technology platform , is workable

 

ChatGPT answered :

 

The proposed implementation process and technology platform seem workable

in achieving the objectives stated.


The use of NaviC, a satellite-based vehicle tracking and monitoring system, can

effectively track and monitor all vehicles in India and calculate the HQ matrix and

TRAN-SCORE for each vehicle.


The use of FASTag RFID sensors and other sensors can collect data on energy

source, type of vehicle, capacity, manufacturing date, purpose, and emission

levels, while pre-loaded payment wallets linked to owners' bank accounts can

ensure automatic deductions of TRANS-TAX.


The proposed system also involves the use of CCTV cameras and mobile apps for

displaying HQ matrix tabulation, while RTOs and a central control room can

provide 24x7 monitoring.


Establishing a linkage between TRAN-SCORE and the amount of TRANS-TAX

payable would require tabulating road-taxes and other vehicle-ownership related

taxes for each type of vehicle in each state.

 

Overall, the proposed system can help reduce,

 

Ø   traffic congestion,

 

Ø  air pollution, and

 

Ø  road accidents ,

 

- while improving road infrastructure and transport services in India.

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  /  05  May  2023   /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  


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Added  on  06 May  2023 :


A constellation of satellites will soon create 3D maps of the Earth 

Extract :

Satellites passing over us take photos of our planet using high-resolution cameras with large lenses and then send them back to Earth. Apart from tracking human activity, satellite images help in meteorology, weather forecasting, and monitoring our physical environments such as air, water, and vegetation. 

While the current satellite imagery provides a 2D view of the planet, a space research and technology company based out of Florida announced that it will soon be able to capture and map the entire surface of the Earth in 3D. 

The company, NUVIEW, is building a constellation of satellites, using LiDAR technology, which will collect data ‘more than 100 times faster than current commercial aerial solutions.’


The company made the announcement during the Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. NUVIEW has amassed $1.2 billion in contracts, although it remains unclear when the company will be launching its LiDAR constellation.

"NUVIEW is thrilled to be leading a new era in geospatial technology to provide the first, most complete, high-resolution 3D point cloud of the Earth's surface," said Clint Graumann, CEO & Co-Founder of NUVIEW, in an official press release. "Our LiDAR satellite constellation will offer a wealth of information that has never before been available at scale, driving innovation and progress throughout numerous industries and revolutionizing the way we understand and interact with our planet.”

Short for Light Detection And Ranging, LiDAR utilizes pulsed lasers to accurately and constantly measure distances to a given target or area. LiDAR sensors, based around pulse laser beams, are light-based mapping and measurement tools that are useful in a variety of sectors. In fact, LiDAR platforms are mounted on a number of satellites orbiting the Earth, like NASA's Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), and a LiDAR sensor was installed on the International Space Station in 2019.

NUVIEW plans to employ LiDAR data to monitor infrastructure development, urban growth, and natural events, which will play a critical role in climate change, forestry, and disaster response. As per a press release by the company, NUVIEW’s technology will enable farmers to optimize crop yields and water usage, while city planners can create more efficient and sustainable urban environments. The geospatial industry is expected to grow up to $1.7 trillion and NUVIEW is looking to make heavy inroads to unlock the potential of this market.

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