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SpatialNews.com Press Release
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Olympic traffic monitored with Image Web ServerTraffic management is a major concern during the Olympics. Decisions need to be made in based on the location of a traffic incident. The RTA analyzes each situation and disseminates information to the general public to prevent congestion on roads. To accomplish their task, the TMC created two 56 GB aerial photo mosaics of Sydney using ER Mapper. The final mosaics were compressed into Earth Resource Mapping's Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) format and served using the Image Web Server. The Image Web Server allows the TMC, as well as anyone connected to the RTA's intranet, to access these images in real-time. When an unplanned incident occurs on the road network users obtain a clear picture of the incident location by roaming and zooming the imagery on the Image Web Server. A suitable incident response can be formulated by the TMC that best manages the flow of traffic.v The combination of ER Mapper, ECW, and Image Web Server gives the TMC the ability to manage their huge data sets. Chris Ruwold, Transport Operations Planning Manager of RTA, recently spoke about the project. "The RTA was provided with a limited duration demo version of the software. For the trial period we used high quality aerial photos of the Olympic routes. We demonstrated it to a large number of people who were either involved in the Olympic transport effort or in the ongoing RTA business of managing the NSW road network. Without exception, it changed people's view of the world. Their expectations suddenly changed to fit the new paradigm. There is no going back." Digital Earth Pty Ltd, an Image Web Server reseller, created the demonstration web site for the RTA and provided the ER Mapper and Image Web Server software. About Earth Resource Mapping Earth Resource Mapping is the world's leading image handling and integrated mapping software company. People in more than 120 countries use ER Mapper to prepare imagery, ECW to compress and use imagery, and the Image Web Server to serve imagery over the Internet. |
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