Pictometry Imagery for 2010 Soccer World Cup Sites
Above: Pictometry imagery showing the progress on the Johannesburg Soccer stadiums being built for the 2010 Soccer World Cup
AOC (part of the AAM Group) is deploying world’s best practice technologies to assist South Africa to manage and promote the World Cup from every angle – from planning, security and tourism to web based online participation from viewers around the world.
Pictometry® oblique imagery has been captured of five CBD areas and six Soccer World Cup Stadium sites for the Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. The contract covers initial capture and updates under a three year maintenance agreement.
Pictometry provides detailed, oblique and vertical digital aerial imagery and is ideally suited to many functions allied to the 2010 Soccer World Cup event, including security planning, traffic studies, access control, emergency services and tourism.
The user interface and tools have the ability to provide intelligent imagery unlike any other system available. A digital warehouse of oblique and nadir (vertical) images is the foundation of this product. Oblique is the term used to describe an aerial photograph that is taken at an angle other than a right angle. This means that a feature, such as a house, building, street light or fire hydrant can be seen in its entirety, rather than the conventional top down (orthogonal) perspective of aerial photography. The result is a new revolutionary way to use aerial imaging.
Pictometry’s georeferenced imagery can be loaded into common GIS platforms such as ESRI’s ArcGIS so that it seamlessly overlays and interacts with existing spatial datasets.
Pictometry capture across other metro’s, cities and towns has commenced. Metse Phiyega, AOC’s Business Development Director, states, “AOC is the exclusive supplier of this new imagery for Southern Africa and will provide oblique imagery solutions to the various municipal and government authorities to ensure that the full benefit of this exciting technology is available throughout the region.”
AOC will also concentrate on the creation of fully rendered 3D models of the 2010 Soccer World Cup Stadiums, their immediate precincts and full coverage of all major metro areas.
For further information on Pictometry, visit our webpage here.
