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Mobile mapping and georeferenced street-level imagery

Need to inventory a road network, street furniture or utility covers? Our vehicle-mounted Imajbox system records continuous georeferenced imagery at traffic speed, with no lane closure.

kmcovered per day

GNSSgeoreferenced

360°continuous view

Our approach

Mass capture of geospatial data.

This technique captures data efficiently along a route, such as roads, railways, tunnels or utility networks, using a vehicle-mounted system combining a high-resolution camera and GNSS. The images are turned into a workable 3D model, processed in QGIS with the Orbit plugin.

Capture happens at traffic speed, with no lane closure and no work on the ground. The views are tied to the national MN95 system, then structured and brought into your existing GIS layers .

Applications

Where it is used

Producing georeferenced street-level imagery

Road mapping

Infrastructure inventory

3D modelling and georeferencing

Updating GIS databases

Railway maintenance

Surveying utility networks and street furniture

Secure delivery of the imagery

The technical chain

From capture to usable data

Vehicle-mounted system

Imajbox 2

High-resolution camera and GNSS receiver mounted on a vehicle. Capture happens at traffic speed, with no interruption and no lane-closure permit.

Capture on the move
Continuous imagery
GNSS positioning

Processing

QGIS · plugin Orbit

The views are assembled, georeferenced and made searchable. Measurement and feature extraction happen directly on the imagery, in a standard GIS environment.

Assembling the imagery
Measuring on the image
Feature extraction

Frequently asked

What we get asked most often

What is mobile mapping?

A vehicle-mounted capture system continuously records georeferenced imagery along a route. The result looks like Street View, but it is tied to coordinates, so it can be measured and used in a GIS.

When is it better than a conventional survey?

On long linear assets: roads, railways, utility networks, tunnels. A ground survey would take several days and require traffic management; mapping capture happens on the move, without disrupting traffic.

Is the data georeferenced?

Yes. Positioning is handled by GNSS during capture. The imagery and the extracted features come with coordinates, ready to overlay onto the cadastre and your existing GIS layers.

What can be extracted from the captured data?

An inventory of street furniture and signage, the condition of surfaces, visible utility covers, clearance envelopes and the geometry of the carriageway. Extract happens on the imagery, with no return to site.

How do you handle visible personal data?

Imagery captured in public space may include faces and number plates. Blurring and the terms of release are agreed with you before delivery, according to the intended use and who will see it.

In what form is the data delivered?

The imagery can be viewed in a GIS environment or published in a map portal. Extracted features are delivered as vector layers, ready to go into your existing database.

Going further

Related services

Our disciplines feed into one another: the survey feeds the model, which feeds the published output.

ETL scripts and FME

Geospatial data processing

To structure and automate the processing of the volumes captured.

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Web map portals and GIS applications

Geographic information system

To publish and query this data in a map portal.

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Drone and LiDAR survey

Aerial photogrammetry

The view from above, alongside the view from the ground.

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