Smart Cities
Weaving Intelligence into the Urban Fabric: Lygos for Smart Cities
A "smart city" is more than a buzzword; it's a commitment to using technology and data to create a more efficient, sustainable, and livable urban environment for all citizens. The brain of this operation is the City Operations Center, where a torrent of real-time data from countless sensors and systems must be transformed into a clear, unified picture. Lygos is the canvas for this picture, providing a powerful and flexible video wall and dashboard solution that enables city managers to visualize complex urban systems, foster cross departmental collaboration, and make proactive, data driven decisions that shape the future of their communities.
Use Cases:
Modern cities operate through a series of distinct departments transportation, public safety, utilities, and more. A true smart city framework breaks down these silos, enabling real-time collaboration and a holistic view of urban operations. Lygos is the platform that converges these disparate data streams into a single, actionable source of truth.
Imagine a City Operations Center during a major downtown festival. On a vast Lygos video wall, operators from different departments can simultaneously see:
- A Live Geospatial Overview: The Maps Module serves as the central display, showing a detailed 3D map of the city. On this map, real-time data from various sources is layered: the current location of buses and trains, the status of traffic lights, the availability of smart parking spaces, and the real-time locations of police and emergency medical services.
- Public Safety and Crowd Monitoring: The Media Module streams live video from CCTV cameras placed strategically around the festival.
- Environmental and Utility Status: The Data Module connects to IoT sensors across the city, feeding the Visualization Module to create real-time dashboards of air quality, noise levels, and the status of the power grid and water systems. If a power outage occurs, the affected area is instantly highlighted on the map.
- Social Media and Citizen Reports: Live social media feeds mentioning the festival are displayed, allowing operators to gauge public sentiment and respond to citizen reported issues that may not have been detected by sensors.
This integrated operational picture, allows for unprecedented situational awareness. Using the Control Module, a police commander can collaborate with the transportation manager to reroute traffic around a sudden obstruction, all while the emergency services coordinator directs paramedics to the precise location of a medical incident, guided by the live map.