Pattaya reveals drone-powered strategy for smart city

By The Nation

 

 

Pattaya has unveiled a five-year roadmap for its technological transformation into a “smart city”, creating a hub for economic, investment, and tourism activity.

 

The “Neo Pattaya” strategy is designed to create new opportunities for all Pattaya residents, as well as improving its environment and serving its multicultural community.

 

The city authority is holding public hearings on the scheme to improve digital information and geoinformatics from 2021 to 2025, to boost recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Mayor Sontaya Kunplome said Pattaya was progressing towards becoming the economic and investment core of the eastern region, building a smart city to serve tourism, business, and daily living.

 

He added that the government’s Bt1.5-trillion Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) infrastructure scheme would boost the annual number of tourists, business and investment visitors to 70 million.

 

"The digital transformation will help improve government services, reducing educational inequality, and increasing investment opportunities," he said. "Moreover, the digital system will be applied to the transportation, tourism, medical industry, as well as to town planning."

 

The smart city scheme is a collaboration between the Pattaya administration and Burapha University.

 

"The university's Faculty of Geoinformatics has forged a strategy to develop worker skills in the business and civil sectors with lifelong learning courses and digital innovations under the smart city and digital government frameworks, including digital platforms, information and communication technologies, and cybersecurity," he said.

 

He added that Big Data systems will be used to improve people's quality of life, including 3D system to boost local people’s incomes, a closed-circuit TV system to ensure public security, and various other innovations to facilitate and enhance local life.

 

Kitsanai Charoenjit, dean of Burapha University’s Faculty of Geoinformatics, added that Pattaya will build digital offices to reduce paperwork and enable people to contact government and private agencies quickly.

 

"When people ask for emergency aid after floods, accidents or crimes, officials will send drones to evaluate the situation before deploying rescue teams to the scene," he said. "Innovations like these will help increase confidence among people who live in Pattaya."

 

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I got headache after reading this. ????

28 minutes ago, andre47 said:

I got headache after reading this. ????

I didn't even bother reading past the headline.. ????

They need a couple of big drones even for the delivery of only one dancer.

 

Good to read of another hub, innit?

Smart city? It is almost dead at the moment. 90% of businesses are still closed.

 

Without foreign tourists it will be dead. The usual Bangkokian tourists over the weekend can’t save the place unfortunately. 

 

Let’s hope this virus madness ends and things will go back to normal. 

 

PS

Even if the restrictions are lifted for pubs and bars in July there won’t be enough customers to keep the places running without the foreign tourists. Still tough time ahead for many people.

 

Lets start with the basics.

 

A high-speed FREE 5g Wifi system around the city.

 

THEN you can start building your "Smart city"

 

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

They need a couple of big drones even for the delivery of only one dancer.

 

The app will be called, "AirBtB."  (Air Bargirl To Balcony)  ????

7 hours ago, Thunder26 said:

Smart city?

Need to get some smart city planners first.

The Cop Shop, soi 9, with its one-stop mint is the place to go for high-powered drones.

"officials will send drones to evaluate the situation before deploying rescue teams".......?

If they're human drones, it will fail.....if they're airborne drones, they'll crash!

12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

They need a couple of big drones even for the delivery of only one dancer.

 

You used the wrong photo ............. delivered with a crate of beer.

Edited June 27, 20206 yr by BritManToo

hub & smart & pattaya in the same sentence?

11 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Lets start with the basics.

 

A high-speed FREE 5g Wifi system around the city.

 

THEN you can start building your "Smart city"

 

But not with Huawei I hope!!

Pattaya will not matter, until all its streets are covered in sun-drying rice  

3 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

"officials will send drones to evaluate the situation before deploying rescue teams".......?

If they're human drones, it will fail.....if they're airborne drones, they'll crash!

Who will keep the cameras working on the drones? They aren't too good keeping the ones on the streets working are they!

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

"The university's Faculty of Geoinformatics has forged a strategy to develop worker skills in the business and civil sectors with lifelong learning courses and digital innovations under the smart city and digital government frameworks, including digital platforms, information and communication technologies, and cybersecurity," he said.

I think someone swallowed a dictionary at breakfast.

2 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

But not with Huawei I hope!!

 

Oh it would DEFINTELY have to be with Huawei

Gotta keep the Chinese happy

No doubt accompanied with the usual raft of paper work which the country has so far not got rid of in the much promoted 4.0 scheme.

Surely it would be better to stop, floods, accidents and crimes, or at least minimise them????

On 6/27/2020 at 8:55 AM, ChrisY1 said:

"officials will send drones to evaluate the situation before deploying rescue teams".......?

If they're human drones, it will fail.....if they're airborne drones, they'll crash!

WHY do you NOT have faith in all what they want to do?!!!!

They should use drones to catch helmetless motor bike drivers.....and 4 or 5 on a bike !!!!

4 hours ago, essox essox said:

WHY do you NOT have faith in all what they want to do?!!!!

They should use drones to catch helmetless motor bike drivers.....and 4 or 5 on a bike !!!!

I suppose they could record video and licence plate numbers. Anything not requiring their mobilizaton.

5 hours ago, essox essox said:

WHY do you NOT have faith in all what they want to do?!!!!

Perhaps they should start with the basics, like when people turn a tap on, water comes out.  Now there's a smart city idea.  ????

On 6/26/2020 at 7:28 PM, andre47 said:

I got headache after reading this. ????

I spent 10  days in a  hospital comatose

Same city that cant solve drainage problems?

 

All i can see is drones being used to pick up the monthly brown envelopes so the plod can sit on their backsides even longer.

Drone delivery is everything but smart. Airborne packets waste a lot of energy to stay airborne ( to balance gravity force ).

Its like a vehicle which accelerates all the time , plus the usual acceleration along the orthogonal axis

On 6/27/2020 at 5:09 AM, Thunder26 said:

Smart city? It is almost dead at the moment. 90% of businesses are still closed.

 

Without foreign tourists it will be dead. The usual Bangkokian tourists over the weekend can’t save the place unfortunately. 

 

Let’s hope this virus madness ends and things will go back to normal. 

 

PS

Even if the restrictions are lifted for pubs and bars in July there won’t be enough customers to keep the places running without the foreign tourists. Still tough time ahead for many people.

 

Sounds like they don't want tourists so they can create the "digital" paradise.

 

Anyway it's just more nonsense so they can sound important. Not going to happen.

On 6/26/2020 at 12:09 PM, Thunder26 said:

Smart city? It is almost dead at the moment. 90% of businesses are still closed.

Unless bride seekers and orgy seekers are allowed to enter Thailand, it will remain so. But I like it. Everything that I need is available. Roads are not packed with songtaws ferrying bride seekrs/orgy seekers from bars to bars.

Edited July 1, 20206 yr by Mulambana

On 6/26/2020 at 7:18 PM, snoop1130 said:

He added that the government’s Bt1.5-trillion Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) infrastructure scheme would boost the annual number of tourists, business and investment visitors to 70 million.

 

1.5 trillion baht !!!   Good news for Mercedes , a lot of high end cars will soon be purchased.

Edited July 1, 20206 yr by NE1