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Data intelligence company CityScan filed its second round of funding last week; this $2.7 million round puts CityScan's total funding amount at over $4 million. The company has developed an automated remote mapping technology to identify, categorize, and synthesize street-level objects with public and municipal data, including zoning code or permit information.
For cities large and small, the process of monitoring and regulating of outdoor permit and licensing activity involves a great deal of time and city personnel. The technology behind CityScan intends to automate the process of tracking street-level code violations and seeks to alleviate some of the strain on municipal resources.
A remote laser-sensing technology called LiDAR powers CityScan’s monitoring solution, augmented by mapping technology supplied by the company's strategic partner Nokia. According to CityScan, the software’s 3D visualization technology creates a “near perfect” rendering of city streets, identifying objects visible from the street from up to 18 stories, including billboards, road signs, manholes and ADA ramps.
"Having an understanding of the outdoors and structures and putting them into an inventory is already something cities are doing," said project manager Matthew Zweibel in a 2013 interview with The Verge. "We’re just making that really, really easy to do."
Founded in 2012, CityScan is a member of 1871 and affiliated with a number of civic and urban infrastructure organizations including The United States Conference of Mayors and The Illinois Smart Grid Cluster. Just last month CityScan represented Chicago by competing in DC accelerator 1776's Challenge Cup.
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