yeah! story was around in the Mr Bond thread a while back. Keeping it colloquial, i guess they will map raster data (something like Quicktime VR or IPIX) on wire frames and look for deviations
why does the hindu always anonymize its sources? we caught it outright lying twice last month (one on in-enaction, other on mpisg-media). this story isn't wrong from what i know, but it sure is fuzzy. i am equally curious about the various privacy and surveillance NGO(s) and assorted new media and the city hobbyists, thought they would be crying off the roof by now! the resolution of data-capture this implies, combined with post-processing technologies, is it even legal? IPIX has a very interesting camera, by the way, one lens makes 3d of a whole room, and they can pattern match moving faces in a subway in dimlight with the cops' whodunit data. my questions are, exactly what is the tech spec of this system (thought he could get 1meter data from ISRO for free, NASA has a great plug in tool, the world wind, which ought to give him the data too); and more important, is the checking automated? design checking for legal stuff has to be 100% automated to avoid human error (induced of otherwise) if the checking is not automated, than, Mr. Sibbal is better off surveying away in a hot air balloon, true napoleon style. cloth he can buy from chandani chowk, hot air, his imaginary friend napoleon-the-Orwellian-pig will supply in great abundance Five Crore for just a few wards looks like too much to me. the CoA system i will propose on 13/14th costs about half that much and covers the whole country AZplan wrote: > Special Correspondent > NEW DELHI: Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday > announced plans to set up a high-tech system for real time monitoring of > illegal constructions in Chandni Chowk... > The system, to be set up at a cost of Rs. 5 crores, will involve > integrated use of several state-of-the-art technologies including > high-resolution satellite imagery and spatial multi-media mapping with > live cameras... > Under the project, a three-dimensional base map of the zone will be > prepared using satellite imagery of the zone and a ground level survey > using vehicle-borne and static camera systems and global position system. > Once the base map is ready, it will be used for detecting unauthorised > constructions and other applications with the help of high-tech > laser-based cameras fixed at strategic places in different parts of the > zone. About 60 cameras are proposed to be deployed to provide for real > time monitoring. As part of the project, a monitoring cell will be set up > where the data from the cameras will be fed on a regular basis... > Apart from detecting unauthorised constructions, the system will also be > used for identifying land encroachments, streamlining property tax > collection, and traffic and crowd management. "Besides, it will help in > disaster management and provide for a more effective planning and > development of the zone," added Mr. Sibal... > The project will be implemented in collaboration with the Russian Academy > of Sciences, which has helped set up a similar system in Moscow > > http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/31/stories/2006013112590100.htm > > _______________________________________________ > in-enaction mailing list > http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/in-enaction + Architexturez > collaborative at http://portal.architexturez.org/ _______________________________________________ in-enaction mailing list http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/in-enaction + Architexturez collaborative at http://portal.architexturez.org/
