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A city is a system. GIS is how you see the whole of it at once.
Cities generate more spatial data than any other environment — and most of it is siloed, stale, or inaccessible to the people who need it. Kaistrum connects the dots.
3D
digital twin capable
Real-time
IoT sensor integration
Multi-dept
data federation
The challenge
What makes smart cities hard.
Departmental data silos
Transport, utilities, planning, and public safety each maintain separate GIS systems — making cross-department analysis impossible without manual data extraction.
Rapid urbanisation outpacing records
Informal settlements and new developments appear faster than cadastral records can be updated — the official map is always behind reality.
Citizen service accessibility
Residents can't access spatial services — permit applications, service requests, and city data — without navigating technical GIS tools.
Stale operational intelligence
City management decisions are made on data that is hours or days old — real-time city intelligence requires live sensor integration.
Smart city 3D digital twin dashboard
Our approach
What Kaistrum delivers.
Federated city GIS platform
A single GIS platform connecting all departments — transport, utilities, planning, public safety — with role-based access and shared authoritative datasets.
Continuous change detection
Regular satellite imagery analysis to detect new construction, informal settlements, and land use change — keeping the base map current.
Citizen-facing geoportal
A public-facing web portal where residents submit permit applications, report issues, and access spatial city data — without GIS expertise.
Real-time IoT integration
Live sensor feeds — traffic loops, air quality monitors, flood sensors, CCTV — integrated into a single operational GIS dashboard.
Urban IoT sensor monitoring map
Applications
In practice.
City digital twin
A live 3D model of city infrastructure — buildings, roads, utilities, and public space — fed with real-time IoT data for operational monitoring.
Development permitting workflow
Spatial workflow for permit applications — from submission to zoning check, neighbour notification, inspection, and compliance sign-off.
Traffic & mobility analysis
Origin-destination modelling and congestion analysis from anonymised mobile and transit data — informing signal optimisation and route planning.
Underground utility conflict checking
GIS-driven analysis of underground utility corridors for construction projects — preventing costly and dangerous subsurface conflicts.
Environmental monitoring
Spatial integration of air quality, noise, and flood risk data for evidence-based urban planning and public health reporting.
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