Abstract

Lidar and Oblique survey at Al Madinah City in KSA
Track: Lidar and 3D Mapping
Authors: Fahad Al-Ahmadi, Omar AL Bayari

Madinah Development Authority (MDA) has performed three types of aerial survey at Al Madina Al Monwara City in KSA during the last year to produce a base map that will meet the requirements of the MDA for planning of the Madinah Metropolitan Area and management of development projects. The base mapping will provide an accurate base map that will be utilized in the MDA GIS and will support urban planning; flood risk and view shed modeling, project monitoring and other City related functions. In addition, oblique imagery and 3D models will allow the interactive viewing of the City.
The main objective of this paper is to compare the height accuracy obtained by Lidar and by Oblique survey and show the importance of such data to be integrated in the GIS application at MDA.