Leveraging current and historical data on location movements allows urban planners to understand current challenges and build smart, flexible and efficient cities.
As more cities begin to implement smart city planning based on data science, location intelligence insights help shape policies that will benefit neighborhoods and the people who live in them.
By incorporating location intelligence into urban planning, it becomes possible to develop infrastructure adapted to the needs of citizens, enhancing living conditions in any given city. In addition, spatial data helps to optimize costs and prioritize government administration projects.
What does location intelligence provide to urban planning?
Heat maps are used by any business sector to identify foot traffic and vehicular mobility patterns in an area or point of interest, as their visualization presents multiple pieces of data in a way that makes immediate sense.
Heat maps can be used to identify foot traffic patterns from a country-level scale to a more detailed level such as the infrastructure of a store or building.
Location intelligence is revolutionizing the way companies establish, operate and expand their business.
From deciding where to locate a new store to analyzing foot traffic to gauge market competition, the use of location data is growing.
One of the key components of location intelligence is data related to points of interest (POIs). POIs indicate a specific location in an area of interest to businesses: it can be a store, a hospital, a university, or a corporate building, among others, depending on the information required for the particular target, helping companies make faster, more informed and cost-effective decisions.
On August 12nd and 13rd the Sixth Business Roundtable on Construction Materials between South and Central America will take place in Panama City.
Colombian companies will be showcasing at the Megapolis Convention Center in Panama City their offers of "... construction materials, furniture and wood, metal, tools and appliances to local and international buyers."
Corporación Salvadoreña de Inversiones is putting out to tender structural works and the installation of 300KVA substation in Puerto Corsain in La Union Bay, Gulf of Fonseca.
Government Purchase El Salvador LP-02-2014
"STRUCTURAL REPAIR AND CLEANING OF RAIL BEARING OF PUERTO CORSAIN BOATYARD, INCLUDING OTHER ADDITIONAL WORKS: SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF 300 KVA SUBSTATION AND REPAIR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL."
The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out to tender expansion works and improvement at various education centers.
Panama Government Purchase2014-0-07-0-03-LV-017176:
"PROJECT FOR COMPLETION IN TWO STAGES: DEVELOPMENT PLANS, ADAPTATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF CLASSROOMS IN MODULES 3 (BEHIND GYMNASIUM) WITH TEN (10) CLASSROOMS AND 2 BATHROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, APPROVAL OF PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION OF MODULE FOR WORKSHOPS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICITY AND MARINE STUDIES, AS PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMS AT INSTITUTO TÉCNICO SUPERIOR IN COLEGIO I.P.Y. COLON IN THE PROVINCE OF COLON, DISTRICT OF COLON. "
The Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers in Panama is tendering out the construction of aqueducts and sewers in Camino Real Bethania.
Panama Government Purchase 2013-2-66-0-08-LV-007 420:
"WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION IN CAMINO REAL BETHANIA AND PUMPING STATION IN BETHANIA"
The deadline for submission of proposals is 14 February 2014.
The date and time of the pre-approval meeting is January 17, 2014 at 09:00 am at the AUDITORIUM HALL SERGIO GONZALEZ RUIZ, FOURTH FLOOR, BUILDING ON IDAAN VIA BRASIL.
The construction and operation for 20 years of a container port in Isla Margarita, in Panama, is governed by a detailed concession agreement.
"... The ambitious port project will have three docks and will be located in an exclusive area of Colon, where it will compete with the terminals currently in operation in the Atlantic: Cristobal, Colon Container Terminal and Manzanillo International Terminal. "
A pre-feasibility study on a rail transport system for El Salvador has as its main concept the interconnection with other countries in the region.
Laprensagrafica.com reports that Jose Antonio Sebastian, director of strategic development and international business for the company Tramrail said that the study "will designate routes for connecting with the Central American countries ...
The Panama Canal expansion has generated a wave of investment in port infrastructure, especially in warehouses and distribution centers.
While waiting for the opening in 2015 of the expanded Panama Canal, the ports of the United States are preparing to compete for the lucrative increase in trade that is coming.
Developers, investors and the logistics industry are counting on ports, confident that these will be the main beneficiaries of the expansion of the Canal, which is expected to provide a big push for ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, and for the logistic facilities strategically located near them.
The Costa Rican construction company is suing Fomilenio and the Salvadoran government for cost overruns on Longitudinal del Norte Highway.
According to a document submitted by the company before the Public Works Committee of the Legislature, the cost of section six, which includes Ciudad Barrios-Osicala and Delicias de Concepción-Cacopera, went from $23 million to $44.8 million.
Corporación Andina de Fomento has $200 million to fund preliminary studies for formulating comprehensive infrastructure projects in the region.
A statement from the CAF reads:
CAF provides funding for pre-investment in infrastructure in Latin America
- USD 200 million will be made available to support the management of strategic planning and project development of partner governments of the CAF, and to conduct preliminary studies for formulating comprehensive infrastructure projects in the region.
The Asian giant has a vast and growing construction industry, that will amount to $700 billion in 2015, meaning significant opportunities for companies in the isthmus.
Baltodano Mauritius’ analysis focuses on the opportunities for Costa Rica companies in China in the spheres of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, but its concepts and conclusions can be extrapolated to the entire region.
The Guatemalan Chamber of Construction is to participate in the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, to be held from 13 to 16 November.
A statement from the Chamber indicates that, "it is the largest event dedicated to Green Building, where more than 30,000 professionals take part in a 4 day conference with international experts, educational sessions (LEED credits), tours of buildings / green sites, etc." .