Urban Digital Twin Platform

Mar 4, 2026·
Dr. Shabnam Jabari, Associate Professor, P.Eng
Dr. Shabnam Jabari, Associate Professor, P.Eng
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This project develops scalable workflows for generating and updating urban digital twins from mobile mapping, airborne LiDAR, and optical imagery.

Objectives

  • Build LoD2-ready city models for planning and engineering use
  • Improve camera-LiDAR registration and quality control
  • Support downstream climate, hazard, and infrastructure analytics

Methods

  • Multimodal segmentation and feature extraction
  • Geometry-aware registration pipelines
  • Quality assessment using field and reference datasets

Impact

Outputs support municipal planning, emergency preparation, and data-driven infrastructure management.

Dr. Shabnam Jabari, Associate Professor, P.Eng
Authors
Principal Investigator and Lab Director
Associate Professor at UNB working on geospatial AI, remote sensing, and urban digital twins for climate resilience and disaster management.