I've designed, implemented and managed a number of innovation projects over the years, each time designed to test the technical and commercial viability of ideas that utilise Geospatial technology in one way or other. I won't pretend that all ideas became successfully scaled up commercial programmes, but that's sort of the point of doing these sorts of initiatives in the first place. However, what I can guarantee is that we all learnt a lot and ultimately some of the concepts will have made it into every day working practices in some way or other.
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Monitoring Underground Gas Pipelines from Space
Energy companies are responsible for monitoring the condition of their infrastructure regularly to ensure there is no risk of issues (such as fires). Monitoring underground gas pipelines is particularly challenging, with operators typically employing a combination of helicopter and ground survey. During our pilot, we demonstrated that commercial Satellite imagery could be used to monitor construction sites and high-risk locations for evidence of activity that could pose a threat to the pipeline (including groundworks, vegetation and flooding). In addition, we demonstrated that with regular satellite data collections, we could use Artificial Intelligence to automatically identify risk candidates (i.e. by tracking construction equipment as it got closer to the location of the pipeline).
Automated Map Production from Dashcam Footage
Our client was looking for a way to quickly create a map of features located along the edge of Motorways in the UK. We were able to demonstrate that dashcam footage (captured from in-car road safety cameras) alongside consumer grade GPS could be used to create extremely large datasets very quickly. In fact, we could identify and map the locations of 100% of the features that were visible from the dashcam footage and to an accuracy of a few metres from their true location.
Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash
Mine Site SatNav Integration
Most of us are used to relying on Satellite Navigation systems to get to places, but this becomes a little more challenging when you cross the boundary between a public road and a private estate. For the most part this is not too much of a challenge as the public road gets you close enough. But for some estates, such as a mine, there could be KMs of (private) road that still needs to be navigated before you get to your final destination. Our Solution merged public routing data (from a well known third-party provider) with a private map database, creating a seamless experience for the driver.
...more to come
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