B.Green launched an open call for new solutions to map urban plant life in October. Companies xD Visuals and Granlund were selected by the expert jury to carry out agile pilots in Kalasatama between November and January.
Together with the City of Helsinki, B.Green project aims at finding new ways to collect and manage natural environment data from new residential areas. Agile pilots contribute to the development of more ecologically sustainable urban planning in Helsinki and the Central Baltic area.
Sompasaari, a sub-area of Helsinki’s smart district Kalasatama, serves as the pilot site for the two experiments. Local residents will be actively engaged in the collection of plant life data in their own living environment with digital tools. Collected data will be analysed and learnings from the pilots will be utilised to support the decision-making of urban planners when planning new climate-resilient neighbourhoods and green spaces.
xD Visuals develops a Digital Twin for Vegetation by using survey data to map vegetation locations, dimensions and define species more accurately with parametric information.
Granlund pilots PlantLIFE Mapper AR application that lets users map local plants with augmented reality technology and view them on a map in their surrounding area.
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