Fastest Completion of Cloud-Based Smart City Project

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More than half of the world’s population resides in cities, creating an increased demand for smart, accurate insights to help streamline everyday operations including public safety, traffic flow management, infrastructure and transportation.

One of the fastest completions of a large scale, fully integrated smart city project was announced recently, with the install of 13,720 cameras in four months in Mexico City, approximately 250 cameras were installed per day at the project’s peak. The cloud-managed cameras were deployed in a cyber-secure city-wide surveillance program using 4G connectivity.

The project led by Eagle Eye Networks has contributed to the city’s larger “Citizen Safety” mobile application that facilitates content sharing for more effective neighborhood watch and a panic SOS button.

Omnicloud leveraged the Eagle Eye Video API and SDK to customize a unique web application that is designed to integrate fixed, mobile body worn, and vehicle cameras into one interface, providing an unprecedented level of insight and awareness into cities operations.

According to securitytoday.com, 4G connectivity was used in order to facilitate this quick deployment, the cameras are all operational, remotely monitored, and providing safety and security to citizens today.

The Eagle Eye Cloud Video API Platform provides an open solution that allows integration of new technologies (AI, advanced analytics, search, license plate recognition), new suppliers, and new cameras at any time. 

Jeff Kessler, managing director of Imperial Capital and publisher of the Security Industry Annual Report said: “Enormous amounts of data collection, aggregation, and storage are necessary to drive the deep analysis that is required to produce smart insights. The only way to efficiently manage this data is to aggregate and analyze in the cloud.”