City-scale 3D model — Disaster management
Drone and LiDAR city models for planning and flood studies. Delivered for a disaster management client in Surat.
- Location
- Surat
- Year
- 2026
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Team
- 13 engineers
- 423
- km² modelled
- 99k
- buildings
- 11 cm
- height accuracy
The challenge
The disaster management team was relying on manual effort that could not keep up with volume, and every miss had a direct cost.
What we built
We owned the whole stack — hardware, firmware, models and dashboards — using CesiumJS, 3D Tiles, COLMAP so there was one accountable team.
Delivery timeline
Phase 1
Discovery sprint and site survey
Phase 2
Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab
Phase 3
Pilot on site with before/after measurement
Phase 4
Scale-out, training and handover
Highlights
- Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
- Operator training delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and English
- Safety case reviewed with the client's EHS team
- Runs on-premises; no data leaves the site unless agreed
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