The ACUPCB-SPAV’s ‘spatial data infrastructure (SDI)’ serves as a ‘digital portal’, containing spatial information, reports, and maps relevant to planners and urban development officials for specific regions in South India. This repository of data which will grow eventually as the projects of ACUPCB-SPAV grows, will be managed by the ACUPCB-SPAV, and will be made easily accessible by multiple stakeholders in the domain of urban planning and design. The spatial data has been gathered from all key ULBs and certain districts in the southern region of India, with specific quality control, and is developed in-house to meet spatial data standards before being converted into data products in the form of layered information for urban planning purposes. It may be noted that the data in this SDI by ACUPCB-SPAV cannot be used for any official or decision purposes (as it has certain inherent data variations introduced rendering them not suitable for precision and locational purposes). However, the data is rich for research, analytics and understanding of the regions. The SDI section serves as a common platform for planners, students, researchers, and practitioners to refer to and interact with. Most of the data products derived from advanced analysis are made open source. This activity runs continuously throughout the year, ensuring that high-quality spatial data remains easily accessible. The data is derived from the research undertaken by the ACUPCB-SPAV.
The Hyderabad SDI presently includes the city’s Administrative Boundary map, along with interactive maps of Land Use & Land Cover (LULC), Local Climatic Zones (LCZs), and Heat Maps Or Land Surface Temperature (LST) maps for 2004, 2014, and 2024. These resources provide spatial insights into Hyderabad’s urban growth, environmental patterns, and other key aspects.
The SDI for Machilipatnam presently includes thematic layers on Topography, Slope, Stream Network, Road Network and Land Use, providing a spatial foundation for understanding the city’s physical landscape, natural drainage to support urban planning in the context of flood management.
The SDI for Tirupati Includes the city/base map and Regional Setting, plus interactive layers for NDBI (2004 & 2024), LST (2004 & 2024), Population (2001 & 2011) with Population Density (2011), Land Use (2021), ward-level Energy Consumption (2024), and Energy-Use Intensity (EUI) zones.
The SDI for Vijayawada includes the delineation of the study area, maps of all possible routes , land use maps along the corridor, and the identification of major and minor junctions on selected alignments. It also features Level of Service (LOS) mapping and traffic simulations, offering comprehensive insights for corridor planning and mobility assessment.
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