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
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