Infrastructure
Earth observation data can contribute in the large extent into the infrastructure development activities.
In particular, satellite data are regularly used with advantage during different project phases such as:
- preparatory studies
- assessment and monitoring of environemental consequences (EIA studies)
- detailed pre-realization technical documentation
- development / construction plan monitoring
- support of final building approval
Main advantages of using EO data for the infrastucture development purposes are threefold: first, scale flexibility – the most cost effective data are selected and used according to scale required for particular phase; second – instant access to data, which is in particular important in developing countries where up-to-date coverage of local mapping data is often difficult to achieve; third – ability of retrospective mapping based on time series data acquisition.
Thematic services:
- multi-criteria optimalization (e.g. road, railway or pipeline route, construction areas)
- multi-criteria risk assessment (e.g. for nuclear dumping ground selection)
- resource-demand analysis support (e.g. sewage size planning)
- fragmentation analysis by linear features
- clutter data for telecom and radio transmitter planning
- base and thematic image maps of various scales and various purposes
Relevant projects
| Acronym |
Name /
Duration
|
Customer |
|
G-MOSAIC
|
GMES Support to security applications |
| 2009
- 2012 |
EC FP7 / e-Geos (Italy) |
|
geoland2
|
GMES Land Monitoring services |
| 2008
- 2012 |
EC FP7 / Astrium GmbH (Germany) |
|
BENRAIL
|
Satellite based orthophotomaps for railroad planning in Benin a Niger |
| 2010
|
GKR HOLDING a.s. / Metroprojekt Praha a.s. (Czech Republic) |
|
RESPOND
|
GMES Emergency response and development support |
| 2007
- 2010 |
European Space Agency (ESA) / Infoterra UK (United Kingdom) |
|
ROADMON
|
Land use monitoring around major roads |
| 2009
- 2010 |
Czech Ministry of Transport / Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University |
|
ALBRAIL
|
Satellite orthophotomaps for railroad planning in Albania |
| 2004
|
SUDOP (Czech Republic) |
|
DongGuan
|
Vector building database for Dongguan city |
| 2001
|
Alcatel (France) |
|
LCMAN CZ
|
Land Cover Map of the Czech Republic |
| 1996
|
Mannesmann Eurocom GmbH (Germany) |
|
INGOMAP
|
Radar image map for oil line planning |
| 1995
|
Czech Geological Institute |
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