METHOD OF PROVIDING CARTOGRAIC INFORMATION OF AN ELETRICAL COMPONENT IN A POWER NETWORK
A method is disclosed for providing cartographic information of an electrical component in a power network. The cartographic information may include geographic coordinates and a type of the electrical component. The method can include obtaining a visual representation of the electrical component, wherein the visual representation contains location information about where the visual representation was made; determining the geographic coordinates of the electrical component based on the location information of the visual representation; and identifying the type of the electrical component by matching the visual representation with the predefined models relating to available kind of electrical components.
1 . A method for providing cartographic information of an electrical component in a power network, wherein the cartographic information includes geographic coordinates and a type of the electrical component, the method comprising:
obtaining a visual representation of the electrical component, wherein the visual representation contains location information about where the visual representation was made;
determining the geographic coordinates of the electrical component based on the location information of the visual representation; and
identifying the type of the electrical component by matching the visual representation with predefined models relating to available kinds of electrical components.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
providing a symbol indicative of the type of the electrical component into a map at a map location corresponding to the geographic coordinates of the electrical component.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
obtaining the visual representation of the electrical component by an extraction from available visual material relating to the electrical component.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
obtaining the visual representation by taking a picture or video with a camera.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the location information of the visual representation comprises GPS coordinates.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the location information of the visual representation comprises:
orientation information provided from a compass or a gyroscope.
7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the camera is a 3D camera which uses a stereo or time-of-flight principle.
8 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
calculating the geographic coordinates using image processing of the visual representation.
9 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the location information of the visual representation comprises GPS coordinates.
10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the location information of the visual representation comprises:
orientation information provided from a compass or a gyroscope.
11 . The method according to claim 10 , comprising:
obtaining the visual representation by taking a picture or video with a camera.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the camera is a 3D camera which uses a stereo or time-of-flight principle.
13 . The method according to claim 2 , comprising:
calculating the geographic coordinates using image processing of the visual representation.
14 . The method according to claim 3 , comprising:
calculating the geographic coordinates using image processing of the visual representation.