Overview
Consistent and accurate mapping and geocoding is vital for conducting analyses and avoiding costly mistakes. While the creation and maintenance of mapping database has traditionally been a time-consuming process done by GIS specialists manually, land-cover features change over time. A top performance technology company has leveraged the latest geospatial imagery technologies and their advanced proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Feature Extraction technologies to provide high-definition (HD) Vector Maps in 2D and 3D with great details and actionable insights, as well as annual updates.
The results of their work provide foundational data and customizable solutions for governments, businesses and humanitarian organizations to create mission-critical applications for better-informed decision-making in the efforts to improve social welfare, economic efficiency, environmental health, and humanitarian reliefs.
For example, a reinsurance company has incorporated a database of building footprints provided by this AI mapping company in developing a smartphone app product with which policy holders can settle their auto or property claim on their smartphone within minutes. And, a climate advisory body has utilized the transformational data provided by the company to monitor the country's progress toward sustainability goals—including rooftop solar installations, tree canopy expansion and flood area improvement—with unprecedented insights for decision-making in funding, policy, and governance.
To provide comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date maps, the company has employed a great number of commercial vehicles to drive around their project areas and capture imagery with cameras in multiple directions. Neousys' Nuvo VTC series, a super rugged computer designed for in-vehicle applications with rich I/O support and massive storage has become one of their best partners on the road.
Challenges
Rich I/O support and extra ruggedness
This application needs to support GPS device and multiple cameras. When it comes to in-vehicle systems, this implies tough challenges in securing all the connected cables from falling off or shaken out of slots due to shock and vibration.
Massive storage and heat dissipation
As this customer uploads their collected images later back in the office and creates 3D images on the cloud, the computers used in the vehicles require extra high data storage capacity and an excellent thermal solution to safeguard the system from overheating. Again, reliability is the highest priority, and the installed storage devices need reinforced designs to withstand the toughest situations.
Commensurate CPU power and memory capacity
Either edge AI computer or sensor hub computer on the vehicle requires high performance computer with adequate CPU power to deal with their assigned tasks in graphic intensive applications. How much computing power they will need is decided by the purposes of their deployment and the constraints of size, weight and power.
Solution
Neousys Nuvo VTC In-vehicle Computer
Neousys' Nuvo VTC series in-vehicle controller is installed onboard geo-survey vehicles to serve as a sensor hub connecting to multiple cameras, GPS device and other sensors needed.While acquiring images, the Nuvo VTC controller, with an Intel® core i7 CPU and 64GB DDR4 memory, is connected to another edge AI computer onboard sharing the same software environment built with NVIDIA's NX development kit and execute applications collaboratively.
Advantages of Neousys Nuvo VTC Series
A dedicated in-vehicle computer, Nuvo VTC is one of the most rugged computers in Neousys' product portfolio, featuring socket-type CPU, M12 and screw-locked connectors, patented cassette for PCIe add-on card accommodation, 8~35V wide DC input with built-in ignition power control, as well as -40°C to 70°C wide temperature support for outdoor operations.
With a wealth of embedded I/O and an assortment of expandable slots, Nuvo VTC provides PoE support for multiple cameras and flexible expansion of functions. For example, Nuvo-7208VTC model indicates the provision of 8 PoE ports for supporting up to 8 cameras.
Providing huge capacity for imagery storage with 2 hot-swappable SATA HDD trays (supporting RAID 0/1) for convenient removal, and additional PCIe slots for expansion cards.
A high performance CPU, Intel® 9th/ 8th-Gen Core™ processors and 64GB DDR4 memory for acquiring massive volume of imagery and communicating with the software environment built with NVIDIA's NX development kit
