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Street lighting, telecommunications, drinking water, sewers, traffic lights… everything depends on rigorous, coordinated, and safe management. With a digital twin, municipal services can visualize their assets, locate them precisely, anticipate problems, and intervene more efficiently — without unnecessary site visits.   --- ### 🧠 Visualize, Locate, Intervene… Before Even Stepping on Site The digital twin combines 360° panoramic imagery, precise LiDAR data, georeferenced inventories, and actionable online measurements. It becomes a go-to tool for everything visible at the surface. **Example use cases:** - Locate poles, traffic lights, and streetlamps to plan repairs or replacements. - Detect vegetation encroaching on overhead networks (electricity, telecom). - Identify visible manholes, catch basins, and water valves for underground maintenance. - Assess the visual condition of public lighting, signage infrastructure, or surface installations. - Coordinate work to avoid conflicts between overlapping network operations.   --- ### 👷‍♂️ Very Operational Roles — Now More Efficient - **Overhead network inspector (electricity, telecom):** identify risks, validate cable condition or intrusive vegetation. - **Public lighting technician:** plan repairs, verify pole heights or spacing between streetlights. - **Traffic light manager:** geolocate equipment, analyze intersection layouts. - **Water and sewer technician:** inventory accessible assets, document manholes, catch basins, and valves. - **Underground works coordinator:** visualize surface components to locate networks and plan accurately.   --- ### ✅ Benefits for Public and Technical Services - **Faster response times:** data can be reviewed remotely before heading to the field. - **Fewer location errors:** each asset is georeferenced and measurable. - **Smarter planning:** prioritize interventions based on accessibility and urgency. - **Improved safety:** reduce emergency interventions through better anticipation. - **Visual documentation:** each element is supported by 360° imagery and precise measurements. --- ### 🔗 Seamless Integration with Your GIS Tools Jakarto’s digital twin naturally integrates with your existing systems. Whether you use ArcGIS, QGIS, or another platform, our data is interoperable, accessible, and ready to use. - **Dedicated APIs and plugins:** connect your internal tools directly to our platform to import inventories, measurements, and visual layers. - **Real-time WMTS feeds:** view our raster tiles (orthophotos, ground elevation, classification, verticality, 2.5D shading) in your GIS without complex handling. - **Compatible formats:** export in shapefile, GeoJSON, DXF, LAS/LAZ, CSV — whatever suits your needs. - **Guaranteed interoperability:** combine our data with your own records: assets, networks, maintenance history, and more.   --- ### 🔦 In Conclusion: Act Faster, with Greater Precision For public services, every second counts — especially when it comes to safety, essential services, or preventive maintenance. The digital twin enables cities to be more proactive, better coordinated, and more efficient in managing their networks. 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Street lighting, telecommunications, drinking water, sewers, traffic lights… everything depends on rigorous, coordinated, and safe management. With a digital twin, municipal services can visualize their assets, locate them precisely, anticipate problems, and intervene more efficiently — without unnecessary site visits. 🧠 Visualize, Locate, Intervene… Before Even Stepping on Site The digital twin combines 360° panoramic imagery, precise LiDAR data, georeferenced inventories, and actionable online measurements. It becomes a go-to tool for everything visible at the surface. Example use cases: Locate poles, traffic lights, and streetlamps to plan repairs or replacements. Detect vegetation encroaching on overhead networks (electricity, telecom). Identify visible manholes, catch basins, and water valves for underground maintenance. Assess the visual condition of public lighting, signage infrastructure, or surface installations. Coordinate work to avoid conflicts between overlapping network operations. 👷‍♂️ Very Operational Roles — Now More Efficient Overhead network inspector (electricity, telecom): identify risks, validate cable condition or intrusive vegetation. Public lighting technician: plan repairs, verify pole heights or spacing between streetlights. Traffic light manager: geolocate equipment, analyze intersection layouts. Water and sewer technician: inventory accessible assets, document manholes, catch basins, and valves. Underground works coordinator: visualize surface components to locate networks and plan accurately. ✅ Benefits for Public and Technical Services Faster response times: data can be reviewed remotely before heading to the field. Fewer location errors: each asset is georeferenced and measurable. Smarter planning: prioritize interventions based on accessibility and urgency. Improved safety: reduce emergency interventions through better anticipation. Visual documentation: each element is supported by 360° imagery and precise measurements. 🔗 Seamless Integration with Your GIS Tools Jakarto’s digital twin naturally integrates with your existing systems. Whether you use ArcGIS, QGIS, or another platform, our data is interoperable, accessible, and ready to use. Dedicated APIs and plugins: connect your internal tools directly to our platform to import inventories, measurements, and visual layers. Real-time WMTS feeds: view our raster tiles (orthophotos, ground elevation, classification, verticality, 2.5D shading) in your GIS without complex handling. Compatible formats: export in shapefile, GeoJSON, DXF, LAS/LAZ, CSV — whatever suits your needs. Guaranteed interoperability: combine our data with your own records: assets, networks, maintenance history, and more. 🔦 In Conclusion: Act Faster, with Greater Precision For public services, every second counts — especially when it comes to safety, essential services, or preventive maintenance. The digital twin enables cities to be more proactive, better coordinated, and more efficient in managing their networks. A practical tool to keep the city lit, connected… and running.", "url" : "https://www.jakarto.com/en/blog/the-ally-of-utility-inspectors-and-technicians-the-digital-twin", "wordCount" : "1105" } ```