Barjeel Aerial Photography Services
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Dubai Aerial Photography
Dubai is a city built on ambition, and at BAPS, we’ve proudly been a part of shaping that vision from above. Through a series of strategically delivered aerial photography and smart mapping projects across the Emirate, we’ve supported Dubai Municipality in advancing its geospatial infrastructure while maintaining a commitment to quality, precision, and effectiveness.
Our journey began with the comprehensive update of Dubai’s base map, where we provided true ortho imagery, digital terrain and surface models, and geospatial asset enhancements. We handled everything from aerial triangulation and stereo modeling to metadata unification, all while aligning with international geospatial quality standards. The outputs fed directly into the city’s evolving GIS backbone, ensuring clean, accurate, and ready-to-integrate spatial layers.
As the partnership evolved, we shifted focus toward elevating accuracy further by improving the vertical dimension. Working meticulously on DSM and DTM refinements, addressing LiDAR anomalies, corrected inconsistencies, and enhanced terrain models around complex urban infrastructure. Our technical team combined field-based ground control strategies with high-resolution photogrammetry, enabling cleaner, sharper and up to date datasets that serve both civil planning and smart city applications.
We also had the opportunity to spearhead a large-scale 3D and 2D vector data capture mission for the entire Emirate, including Dubai’s most remote pockets. Using high-performance photogrammetric workstations, our specialists extracted detailed features such as buildings, road networks, vegetation, and water bodies with full 3D precision. From desktop to field, every layer underwent rigorous QC and integration into a unified, enterprise-grade geodatabase—setting a new benchmark for municipal mapping standards.
We pushed further with the Smart Data Acquisition initiative that applied AI-powered remote sensing workflows to extract actionable insights from satellite imagery. We implemented change detection protocols, environmental mapping, and dynamic land use classification across key thematic areas. The result was evolving datasets with the city and can power decision-making at scale.
Through every phase, we’ve adapted, scaled, and delivered with clarity. BAPS remains committed to unveiling the future of Dubai one pixel at a time.
Al Ain Aerial Photography
Known for its cultural heritage and strategic importance, Al Ain required a modern, high-accuracy geospatial foundation to support its expanding urban and regional development. Barjeel Aerial Photography Services was entrusted by Al Ain Municipality to lead a multi-phase aerial survey and mapping project spanning over 13,000 square kilometers, making it one of the largest comprehensive basemap update missions in the UAE.
Our role began with establishing a clear operational strategy aligned with municipal planning needs. We deployed specialized field crews to establish and verify Ground Control Points (GCPs) and Check Points (CPs), using advanced GNSS technologies to ensure elevation consistency and horizontal accuracy across varying terrains — from dense city centers to remote desert edges.
For the airborne campaign, we utilized a Diamond DA42 MPP aircraft equipped with a Phase One 150MP aerial camera and Leica ALS80 LiDAR sensor, collecting seamless, overlapping imagery at 10 cm resolution and high-density LiDAR data across 3D-priority zones. To further enhance accuracy within tight urban corridors, we deployed UAVs for low-altitude photogrammetry, capturing sub-2 cm GSD imagery in complex areas such as roundabouts, building clusters, and alleyways.
In post-processing, our technical teams executed precision workflows for AT/Bundle Adjustment, DSM/DTM creation, and true orthophoto generation, alongside comprehensive vector feature extraction across urban, semi-urban, and rural zones. Over 160 base layers were reviewed, corrected, and aligned with the Al Ain Municipality GIS schema — ensuring structural and thematic accuracy. Cartographic representation was carried out with attention to detail, adapting symbology, colorization, and data models that could be directly ingested into the municipality’s GIS systems.
The project didn’t stop at data delivery. Our team provided full-scale training, documentation, and technical integration support, enabling the municipality’s GIS department to manage and scale the data internally. Deliverables included LiDAR point clouds, DSMs, DTMs, true orthophotos, 3D building vectors, and fully aligned metadata packages, all quality-controlled against international mapping standards.
Through this landmark engagement, BAPS set a new precedent for large-scale, future-proof municipal mapping — delivering the spatial intelligence Al Ain needs to plan smarter, build faster, and govern better.
To support Dubai’s climate adaptation goals, we delivered a full-spectrum Urban Heat Island (UHI) study across 1,900 km² of the city. Using advanced aerial thermography and facade imaging, our team generated high-resolution thermal mosaics, 3D building models, and geo-referenced GIS layers. We analyzed land-use correlations, identified heat hotspots, and benchmarked UHI data from 2009 and 2017 to produce actionable insights. The results directly informed sustainable planning strategies and building design recommendations aligned with the Dubai Green Building Code.
Urban Heat Island
To achieve smart data acquisition using the latest techniques and technologies of image interpretation and classification, incorporating Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, and deep learning.
Remote Data Acquisition Using Remote Sensing Technology (SDARS)
To conduct a base line survey on non-protected surrounding areas around ±2500 sq km in the terrestrial areas with special focus on local communities, cultural heritage, land-use, it will be conducted with sampling events and comprises of terrestrial, marine and coastal habitat assessment, species monitoring (avifauna, turtle).
Biodiversity Baseline Survey
Provision of Mosaic imagery and DTM of the whole Abu Dhbai International Airport
Aerial Photography of Abu Dhabi International Airport
In collaboration with Dubai Municipality’s GISCD, we delivered a two-phase archiving project to digitize, modernize and systematize the city’s building records. Across both phases, we mobilized over 60 specialized personnel on-site to perform comprehensive analysis of physical and digital records, high-resolution scanning, metadata structuring, and GIS-integrated data entry of thousands of building documents.
Outputs included clean, searchable archives aligned with DM’s internal data governance standards that support smarter urban planning and long-term digital preservation.
Land Archiving System of Dubai Municipality
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Through this project, the Emirate of Fujairah will be able to display cemeteries on Google Maps, which will encourage cemetery visitors to reach the cemetery with ease. In addition, a program dedicated to cemetery affairs can be created that can be circulated among the public.