Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public
Geosensor networks and sensor webs are two technologies widely used for determining our exposure to pollution levels and ensuring that this information is publicly available. However, most of these networks are independent from each other and often designed for specific domains, hindering the integr...
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| author | Federico Domínguez Samuel Dauwe Nguyen The Cuong Dimitri Cariolaro Abdellah Touhafi Bart Dhoedt Dick Botteldooren Kris Steenhaut |
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| description | Geosensor networks and sensor webs are two technologies widely used for determining our exposure to pollution levels and ensuring that this information is publicly available. However, most of these networks are independent from each other and often designed for specific domains, hindering the integration of sensor data from different sources. We contributed to the integration of several environmental sensor networks in the context of the IDEA project. The objective of this project was to measure noise and air quality pollution levels in urban areas in Belgium using low-cost sensors. This paper presents the IDEA Environmental Measurement Cloud as a proof-of-concept Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) cloud platform that integrates environmental sensor networks with a sensor web. Our DaaS platform implements a federated two-layer architecture to loosely couple together sensor networks deployed over a wide geographical area with web services. It offers several data access, discovery, and visualization services to the public while serving as a scientific tool for noise pollution research. After one year of operation, it hosts approximately 6.5 TB of environmental data and offers to the public near real-time noise pollution measurements from over 40 locations in Belgium. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3b2047b8c4c4404098bedbcddcefeb612025-08-20T02:16:22ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772014-03-011010.1155/2014/541360541360Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the PublicFederico Domínguez0Samuel Dauwe1Nguyen The Cuong2Dimitri Cariolaro3Abdellah Touhafi4Bart Dhoedt5Dick Botteldooren6Kris Steenhaut7 Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Department of Information Technology (INTEC) - IBCN, Universiteit Gent, Gaston Crommenlaan 8, 9050 Ghent, Belgium Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology (INDI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2,1050 Brussels, Belgium Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology (INDI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2,1050 Brussels, Belgium Department of Information Technology (INTEC) - IBCN, Universiteit Gent, Gaston Crommenlaan 8, 9050 Ghent, Belgium Department of Information Technology (INTEC) - Acoustics Research Group, Universiteit Gent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology (INDI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2,1050 Brussels, BelgiumGeosensor networks and sensor webs are two technologies widely used for determining our exposure to pollution levels and ensuring that this information is publicly available. However, most of these networks are independent from each other and often designed for specific domains, hindering the integration of sensor data from different sources. We contributed to the integration of several environmental sensor networks in the context of the IDEA project. The objective of this project was to measure noise and air quality pollution levels in urban areas in Belgium using low-cost sensors. This paper presents the IDEA Environmental Measurement Cloud as a proof-of-concept Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) cloud platform that integrates environmental sensor networks with a sensor web. Our DaaS platform implements a federated two-layer architecture to loosely couple together sensor networks deployed over a wide geographical area with web services. It offers several data access, discovery, and visualization services to the public while serving as a scientific tool for noise pollution research. After one year of operation, it hosts approximately 6.5 TB of environmental data and offers to the public near real-time noise pollution measurements from over 40 locations in Belgium.https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/541360 |
| spellingShingle | Federico Domínguez Samuel Dauwe Nguyen The Cuong Dimitri Cariolaro Abdellah Touhafi Bart Dhoedt Dick Botteldooren Kris Steenhaut Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public |
| title_full | Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public |
| title_fullStr | Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public |
| title_short | Towards an Environmental Measurement Cloud: Delivering Pollution Awareness to the Public |
| title_sort | towards an environmental measurement cloud delivering pollution awareness to the public |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/541360 |
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