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Key Outputs

The City GIS facilitates the development of customized solutions across different localities. The integrated components generate thematic results in real time. The system has also proven its flexibility for use in rapid response. In response to COVID-19, Varanasi generated GIS operation dashboards for health services. While heat maps were generated for identifying containment zones, GIS aided in monitoring citizen movement and ensuring social distancing. The City GIS also helped in managing activities like sanitizing hotspots, establishing telemedicine facilities for remote health care and diagnosis, and analysing infrastructure availability to address the health crisis.

Besides improving the urban environment, the City GIS has equipped the city with options to minimize air pollution, improve water management, create safer public areas, and respond intelligently to emergencies. The technology is steadily ensuring that this potpourri of culture maintains its rich heritage while assuring Varanasi’s denizens of the benefits of new Indian urbanism.

Outcomes Achieved and Linkage to SDGs

The key outcomes of implementing an enterprise-wide integrated City GIS in Varanasi Smart City have been as follows:

y Actionable insights: Authorities are using spatial analytics, powered by GIS to harness real-time data, and design better decision support systems. In the process, authorities are gaining actionable insight for informed decision-making. y Improved business processes and workflows: Smart integration of different features over a common GIS platform has standardized procedures across different departments. Inter-department collaboration has improved through geospatial mapping and geo-tagging of city assets. y Improved asset management: An enterprise-integrated GIS provides insights into the use patterns of civic assets to improve urban planning in Varanasi. For water and sewerage systems, geospatial utility asset management is helping authorities operate and manage utilities in a better way.

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The key outcomes of implementing an enterprise-wide integrated City GIS in Varanasi Smart City have been as follows:

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Fig. 150: Interface of the Model

Fig. 158: Some snapshots from the field survey. A) dense urban landscape near Jamma Masjid in Old Delhi; conducting field survey B) near Uttam Nagar metro station in West Delhi; C) near Preet Vihar in East Delhi; D) abundance of urban green space near Red Fort

Fig. 151: LMMS Solution Architecture based on OGC Standards

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