The Gujarat Police will use the drone-mapping system developed by Ahmedabad-based Anant National University during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.
The AI-based solution, developed by the faculty and students from the department of product design, has three components — a high-definition photogrammetric model of Mahatma Mandir and its surroundings, drone-mapped vital roads from the airport to Mahatma Mandir, and 360 aerial panoramic photographs of all vital traffic junctions across Gandhinagar.
The software allows all police personnel, liaison officers and drivers of the VVIPs to familiarise themselves with the road from the airport, drop-off point and parking allocated to them.
“It has taken 2,000 hours of professional high-tech work to piece the data into a comprehensive decision support software that allows the police to remotely visualise every major junction or point across the vibrant route. The mapping has been done so minutely, including which police personnel are deployed where. So, the planning which was earlier done on files is now virtual. 3D photogrammetry is mostly used by archaeologists; this is the first time used by police,” said Prof Bhaskar Bhatt from the school of design.
Each planned route for VVIPS, VIPs, heads of state, visitors and delegates has been meticulously mapped, labelled and recreated in 3D so that it becomes a permanent resource for the Gandhinagar police to help plan all further events at the venue, he added.
Three professors, four students, videographers, coders and drone pilots from Anant National University worked on this project and delivered the complete solution within 3 weeks.
A similar system was developed and used this year for the police during Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad and Ganesh Visarjan in Surat, Prof Bhatt added.
