From Maps to Augmented Reality

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The Geoinformatics and 3D Modeling laboratory was created at the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI). The new division will soon begin a series of experiments on recognizing transport infrastructure using neural networks. Scientists will ensure the independence of industry geoinformation solutions from foreign manufacturers, which is especially important for corporations.

NOT ONLY TECHNOLOGIES

The laboratory of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI was created jointly with the leading Russian developer of geoinformation systems and GIS technologies – the company Geograkom. Now the country needs not only technologies, but also personnel capable of applying them, Anton Shubin, CEO of Geograkom, told RSpectr. Specialists must have a high level of knowledge in mathematics and be prepared in practical terms to solve problems on the client side, application server and database. Therefore, MEPhI was chosen as the university to create the laboratory, he explained.

The primary tasks of the new laboratory content writing service are to create an effective specialized server and means of rendering 3D models, as well as the fastest possible implementation of this technology in the road sector. The technology is known, but needs to be integrated, Anton Shubin clarified. Also in the near future are plans to launch a series of experiments on recognizing individual elements of the transport infrastructure using neural networks.




In the information model, you can see the same thing as in the real world, noted Vyacheslav Butin, CEO of RTK SoftLabs, in a conversation with RSpectr. According to him, the scope of application of such technologies is unlimited.

Vyacheslav Butin, RTK SoftLabs:

– While we are at the stage of inventorying the real world, the next step is its modeling depending on the plans for the construction of a building or modeling river floods based on the relief, the volume of the incoming wave and other factors. We have been working with geospatial modeling technologies for more than ten years and have now slightly opened the door to the technologies of four-dimensional representation of an object.

TO BIG DATA

One can only welcome the emergence of a new laboratory, which will provide Russia with new technologies and new specialists, Pavel Ryndin, partner of the consulting agency ONE by ONE, commented to RSpectr.

He noted that

decision making in geomarketing is increasingly shifting from expertise to processing large amounts of data

Pavel Ryndin , ONE by ONE:

– Consumer behavior, accessibility of territories, logistics of cargo transportation within the city – the more live, real data we can collect and process, the more accurate the decisions in these areas will be, the less unnecessary resources will be spent on servicing the city’s vital functions. Both businesses and residents benefit from this.

The head of Geograkom noted that the introduction of 3D technologies will gradually allow us to move from conventional navigation to a 3D model of augmented reality.

Anton Shubin, Geograkom:

– The future of technology is such that it will be possible to move from the globe level to an overview map, then to a 3D model of individual development areas, buildings, and to a 3D model of the interior of a single room.

The revenue from this area is difficult to estimate, it is “incredible,” he emphasized.

If the 3D model is accurate enough and already passes to the level of requirements for the source material for computer-aided design (CAD) systems, then specialists will be able to quickly develop solutions for the construction, reconstruction and major repairs of highways, the expert said. He explained that 3D maps will be created based on the open international WebGL software interface and point cloud processing technology. According to him, the use of the second method together with stereophotographic shooting will allow for the transition to automatic inventory and diagnostics of the state of road facilities, as well as any transport infrastructure, including extended utility networks.