BEAM (Building & Establishment Automated Mapper)
Partners

- The Human Settlements Department, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa
- The City of Cape Town Geomatics Branch, South Africa
- UN-Habitat Mexico
Impact

BEAM quickly generates shapefiles of rooftops to help municipalities to
- maintain up-to-date records and maps
- better prioritise upgrading interventions
- improve basic service delivery
Scalability

BEAM is already proven to be scalable across the world, with applications in South Africa and Central America.
Access to training data (imagery of the area of interest) is required.