Under the Da Nang plan on digital transformation in Da Nang city to 2025, with a vision towards 2030, the transportation sector is assigned to deploy a smart system that supports people and tourists in finding and using public transportation means and digitise traffic infrastructure on digital maps to serve the construction, maintenance and repair of traffic works, traffic planning management.

Relevant staffers monitor bus operations at the Da Nang Traffic Signal and Public Transport Operation Centre (Datramac). Photo: THANH LAN

Accordingly, the Da Nang Department of Transport (DOT) determined that ‘Digital transformation is a breakthrough" that fundamentally changes the way of management, operation, and modernization of the industry, contributing to creating strong and groundbreaking changes in implementing goals.

Successful digital transformation in this field helps people and businesses benefit more, so the municipal Department of Transport always makes efforts and determination to digitally transform with specific goals and policies, aiming to better serve people and businesses.

Up to now, the department has created and digitised a database and GIS digital maps covering 21,319 routes and road sections, 272 road bridges and 303 intersections across the city.

As reported by Director of the Department of Transport Bui Hong Trung, efforts have been exerted to realize the goal of digital transformation in a resolute, persistent and continuous manner with solid, positive, and proactive steps, with a focus on inheriting existing achievements in technology, application and digital data development, coupled with innovation and creativity.

Heed has always been paid to investing in the application of information technology to boost digital transformation, and soon deploying the construction and formation of digital data sets, especially the transport infrastructure database layers under the management of the industry. This is a key factor in the digital transformation process, transforming the way of working in the digital environment according to a common direction.

Notably, the transport industry database management system has integrated management data on routes, traffic works and detailed information about location, road structure, project construction, other architectural infrastructure associated with the route, information about incidents and repair status.

All are designed to link related objects together in the infrastructure GIS data system. In addition, the map is integrated with road intersection management data, signal light management data, traffic camera management data, waterway management data, and waterway signaling system.

In the first phase of development, the Da Nang Department of Transport has created and digitised a GIS database on traffic infrastructure in Hai Chau and Thanh Khe districts, including 21,319 routes and road sections; 272 road bridges; 35 inland waterway routes and sections, 303 intersections; 3,023 road traffic signs; 1,205 traffic signal lights; 143 traffic cameras; 626 manholes; 480 inland waterway signs...

The Department of Transport will continue to digitise some data information in Son Tra District and throughout the city in the near future.

In particular, the Department of Transport began to apply digital maps into the management of the GIS database on traffic infrastructure to digitize and bring current data on traffic infrastructure in the area to the platform.

Digital maps in 2D form are relatively accurate to serve investment in construction, maintenance and upkeep of traffic infrastructure in the coming time.

Not only that, the map platform also provides 3D models and 4D time dimensions (timeline) to help leaders monitor in the most intuitive way so as to serve the planning and development of smart urban traffic.

According to research, the application is currently being developed and put into use at https://dananggtvt.vimap.vn.

In addition, to serve the digitalisation of traffic infrastructure (combining image data and GPS coordinates), a mini-app will be initially developed on the Android operating system platform, installed internally for department officers to use for the collection of field data.

It is known that in recent years, the Department of Transport has deployed important systems and software to serve management work, including smart traffic surveillance camera system, traffic signal control system, and specialized database software, Danabus mobile application for bus passengers, deploying a parking monitoring system, an online data storage and sharing system, smart traffic surveillance camera system with 296 cameras.

From now until 2025, the department will continue to collect and complete the GIS database system on traffic infrastructure within the scope of management in the area, digitally transform traffic infrastructure management completely on digital maps, 4D Map, especially connecting and exploiting shared database systems of the city, the Ministry of Transport and the country as a whole.

Reporting by THANH LAN - Translating by A.THU