DataPX1 strengthens UK’s national infrastructure with lighthouse project
AI-PRIORI and the General Lighthouse Authority, part of Trinity House, joined forces to improve lighthouse operations and data management in the UK.
Trinity House has been providing and operating lighthouses for more than 400 years. Today they operate 66 lighthouses – renowned for their design, engineering and reliability – along the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
Using DataPX1, Trinity House was able to:
Consolidate lighthouse data
With DataPX1, Trinity House now receives daily log files from navigational aids and lighthouses that are automatically consolidated into a single dataset. These data are then enhanced with environmental information from the EU’s Copernicus services.
This solution reduced manual workload and now acts as the data backbone of Trinity House operations, enabling accurate data modelling and predictions – such as calculating the accurate sunrise and sunset times for each lighthouse location.
Optimize on/off times
Using the data consolidated by DataPX1, Trinity House was able to create a model to estimate on/off times for each lighthouse. The model uses data from ambient light sensors, the location of the sun, and local weather conditions.
Establish a predictive maintenance cycle
Maintenance of lighthouses is expensive and requires significant planning, typically involving surface vessels or helicopters – both of which are at the mercy of the weather.
Using lighthouse data, DataPX1 measures variances in the logs that predict when sensors are failing, improving Trinity House’s maintenance schedule, predictability, and sensor replacement costs.
Lighthouses are a key part of national infrastructure in the UK. With DataPX1, this infrastructure has been strengthened, and safety improved for vessels in the along the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
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