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Empowering Urban Planning by Automating Map Creation�

Team: eMap

Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Challenge: Drones and Satellites for Urban Development

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2021 Space Challenge

Non-Business Use

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Challenges

  • Need for sustainable urban planning practice
  • Dependency on map providers’ data for urban and disaster planning
  • Increasing imagery acquisition platforms and need for pre and post-processing

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Novel Idea

  • Leverage AI/ML and sensor technologies to automate smart map creation for urban planning and natural reserves protection by a mechanism of physical tagging of geographical areas

Target Area With QR Code Installed

Image Extraction and Decoding

Geospatial Database

Mapping Applications

Non-Business Use

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Way Forward

Publish Imagery

Add Attribute Layers

Perform Aerial Triangulations

Acquire Imagery

Set Control Points

On-the-Fly Image Processing and Publishing

Acquire Imagery

Install QCR Codes

Traditional State

Future State

Non-Business Use

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Value Created

  • Ease of Access to Information & Attributes for local stakeholders
  • Quick Turnaround
  • Seamless Integration with IoT
  • Reliable Geo-Tagging
  • Encourage Crowd-sourcing

Non-Business Use

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How It Works

Non-Business Use

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Team

Khalid Al-Arfaj

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  • Senior Consultant
  • 25Y Experience
  • BSc in CS

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Husain Nasser

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  • GIS Specialist
  • 20Y Experience
  • MSc in GIS
  • Patent Owner

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Mahdi Abalharth

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  • RS Specialist
  • 16Y Experience
  • MSc Geomatics
  • MBA
  • Patent Owner

Abdullah Abdullatif

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  • AI/ML Specialist
  • 10Y Experience
  • MSc in Data Science

Non-Business Use