December 2024: Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited in the news is an Amazon.com company that announced that WAISL Limited has developed an Integrated Airport Operations Command Center (APOC) utilizing digital twin technology hosted on the world's foremost cloud. The solution targets building a digital twin of airports' inoperable elements and introduces efficient AI, ML video and data analytics, and computer vision-based approaches enhancing the overall performance of WAISL built the solution on AWS.
WAISL will be implementing this solution in one of the upscale Indian airports in the weeks to come and intends to scale it internationally by 2025 and onwards. The system will keep passengers informed about the latest changes regarding flights, how long they would have to wait, or what gate they should go to; it will also inform the passengers about luggage and make recommendations about catering facilities and shops when appropriate. At the same time, it will provide airports, airlines, and ground-handling staff with current operational information.
This information will be made available through collection, measuring and interpretation of all sorts of information from every one of the airport system networks.
December 2024: Drones and LiDAR technology are being utilized to accurately map the Dharavi slums for the Adani Group redevelopment project in collaboration with the state government of Maharashtra. This is aimed at providing efficiency, transparency, and accuracy in relation to a redevelopment project of this nature and size. Representatives explained that it is the first time developers have been using such technologies for development projects. Adani Group, together with the state government co-owners of Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd, which owns 80% of the company, intends to develop an urban center on 620 acres of land.
The project promises free accommodation to about 7 lakh people at a space of about 350 sq. ft for those dwelling in slums. For instance, SRA previously did its surveys using very conventional approaches, including total stations and physical documents for information gathering. However, data collection and assessment in such projects have now been revolutionized with the deployment of drones, LiDAR, and mobile applications, among others.