SiteSee
SiteSeeTM is a powerful visualisation tool developed by AAMHatch. The 360 degree views offered by SiteSee enable users to visualise any feature as if they were actually there. It has proven a safe method of visualising hazardous sites and an efficient way of 'walking through' a remote site.
SiteSee was a finalist at the WorkCover NSW SafeWork Awards 2009. The submission showcased the benefits available to engineering projects as diverse as industrial survey, digital preservation of cultural heritage sites and road asset management. The ‘virtual tours’ available from this imagery offer ‘360 degree’ visualisations that benefit teams by reducing visits to hazardous or remote sites and provides a central tool for discussion by distributed teams.
For more information on SiteSee as a safety tool, click here.
The process commences with AAMHatch collecting a series of stationary spherical images. Numerous overlapping photographs are acquired and then stitched together using feature matching algorithms, similar to those found in aerial photogrammetric software packages. The resulting images are colour-balanced to produce finished spherical products that are seamless.
Teams viewing SiteSee can be based anywhere in the world. Various viewing platforms, including web-enabled viewers, increase the flexibility and accessibility of these visualisation datasets. SiteSee enables virtual walkthroughs of the plant by hyper-linking each spherical photograph within the SiteSee system. Powerful zoom functionality is another feature of the high resolution imagery featured in SiteSee.
Each image in SiteSee can be tied to a CAD file of the project area to provide a point-and-see capability. If a general arrangement of the site is not readily available, the virtual walk-through will be tied into the orthophotography or other imagery of the plant or target area. This convergence of technologies is another example of how AAMHatch’s full service approach delivers integrated spatial solutions.
Further Information
SiteSee Flyer (PDF - 0.7MB)
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SiteSee Improves Office Safety
SiteSee - 360 Degree Interactive Viewing
Instructions for use:
Use your left mouse button to pan around in the imagery
Hold down the SHIFT key to zoom-in
Hold down the CRTL key to zoom-out
Alternatively, use the buttons on the SiteSee images below:
Click on the Expand button (far right in the group of 8 buttons) to display the spherical image in full-screen mode.
SiteSee of Bulli Pass Intersection, Australia
SiteSee of KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SiteSee of Typical Plant Scene with Customised Safety Annotation
