2024-05-04T15:01:57-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150333133/move-over-google-earth-swiss-tech-startup-uses-enhanced-aerial-photography-to-create-better-3d-models-of-cities-for-urban-planners Josh Niland 2022-12-19T17:06:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/af/af1914fd428108aaa2cdce3c20e5dbb6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A new approach uses aerial imaging to generate 3D models of cities and regions with advanced precision, enabling urban planners to incorporate full-scale designs of all types of architectural and urban structures.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Tech start-up Uzufly operates out of the <a href="https://www.epfl-innovationpark.ch/startups-incubation-and-hosting/le-garage" target="_blank">Le Garage</a> space located inside the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/14027592/cole-polytechnique-f-d-rale-de-lausanne-epfl" target="_blank">Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne</a> (EPFL)&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150320757/innovation-is-the-key-to-3xn-and-itten-brechb-hl-s-new-mass-timber-campus-expansion-in-switzerland" target="_blank">expanding</a> Innovation Park. "The company's 3D models incorporate a wide range of urban-planning data and can accommodate any type of architectural design at full scale," reports <em>Tech Xplore</em>'s Sandy Evangelista.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/056bb3e2708b5b25cef76b702a9b751d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/056bb3e2708b5b25cef76b702a9b751d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150292971/scientists-are-using-deep-learning-data-to-map-structure-damage-from-wildfires" target="_blank">Scientists are using deep learning data to map structure damage from wildfires</a></figcaption></figure><p>"We basically use the same technology as Google Earth &mdash; that is, aerial photography," Uzufly co-founder Th&eacute;o Benazzi explains. "But while Google uses airplanes to take huge numbers of pictures at high altitudes, we use drones that have smaller cameras and capture images much closer to the ground. That's why we can generate 3D models at the level of a neighborhood or an entire city."<br></p> <p>The team is currently working with the EPFL's Arts of Sciences Laboratory (LAPIS) and the Swiss National Science Foundation to produce a digital twin of an unnamed Egyptian...</p>