Madrid’s parks will feature two new security guards: drones and artificial intelligence. The city council has approved a contract to develop technologies that improve the preservation of green areas in the city by collecting and processing data related to their management, municipal environmental sources said. To do this, artificial intelligence and new technological tools such as drones must be used mobile mapping, methodology Laser scanning With a mobile device to obtain information and then analyze it.
With this new system, the city council will be able to take advantage of existing information about green areas to plan inspections using artificial intelligence, evaluate their impact and improve the movements and routes of municipal services. Moreover, the system Mapping and modeling will be automated Used by agents, the data will be integrated into Mint – the technological platform that manages urban public services and elements of the city of Madrid – allowing conclusions to be drawn more quickly and with greater accuracy.
But before developing the applications, the winning company must have worked on the ground, collecting as much data as possible about the infrastructure and needs of Madrid’s green areas. This is where the saying will come in Mobile mapping Which will be implemented using drones, employees carrying backpacks or in vehicles, 360-degree RGB cameras, multi-spectral cameras… The contract document emphasizes that artificial intelligence must “be adopted by the company through trained and documented models and reports and quantitative and qualitative analysis of these models compared to traditional methods.” namely, Prove that it will improve traditional techniques used until now.
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Once the previous part is completed, the contract provides for the development of pilot projects to process large amounts of data. According to these municipal sources, some of the objectives of these projects are: Determine preservation and cleaning needs; Improve gardening workIrrigation and condition of plant elements. Image processing from vehicle-mounted cameras, still cameras and satellite cameras; Analyze environmental data to make decisions and automate actions, such as classifying species for example.
The contract starts on February 1, lasts 36 months and amounts to approximately €2.9 million. From the region headed by Borja Carabante Celebrate these new “green guardians.” As “a commitment by the City Council to use the latest technologies in the care and preservation of its green heritage.” Recently, artificial intelligence has found its place in many municipal areas. Such as inside EMT buses to detect falls, lost objects or hazards. outside buses to punish bus lane invasions and at city traffic lights to control transit times and crowds.