The National League of Cities, one of the leading community management and advocacy organisation in the U.S., stated in Trajectory Magazine that smart cities are the cities of now — equipped with necessary technological infrastructure that enable them to collect, accumulate, and examine real-time data to improve their residents’ liveability. This is where Geospatial intelligence helps urban planners understand and meet these current and forthcoming needs. Geospatial technology provides a strong foundation to build a smart urban infrastructure planning and management as it provides the necessary framework for data collection, data analytics, a means for uninterrupted communication with the population that drives smart cities, and informed decision-making. The answer lies in geospatial intelligent car systems combined with geospatial intelligent urban areas. There is tremendous potential in urban infrastructure development and management with these supplementary skills.

Source: The Hindu July 06, 2021 10:48 UTC