Ambient spatial intelligence for sustainable cities

Matt Duckham, R.H. Bennett, Ian Bishop, Clive Fraser, Allison Kealy, Joe Leach, Cliff Ogleby, Abbas Rajabifard, Ian Williamson, Stephan Winter

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Abstract

Emerging wireless sensor network (WSN) technologies are opening up
many important new opportunities for applications to the built environment, like traffic management, emergency response, and pollution monitoring. However, today’s WSNs have little or no spatial capabilities, and are primarily treated as simply a new data source for integration with other conventional spatial information systems. In contrast, this paper explores the potential for augmenting such networks with the capabilities to not only capture, but also process, query, and even use spatial data in the network itself. The objective is to embed spatial intelligence within the built environment using wireless sensor networks. This “ambient spatial intelligence” (AmSI) presents new fundamental research challenges to many established areas of geomatics and spatial information science. This paper identifies key research problems across geomatics, in the domains of positioning, geographic information
science, spatial cognition and geovisualization, spatial data infrastructures, and
integration with established data sources like remote sensing and photogrammetry.
Using the example of monitoring native vegetation change, the paper indicates how
each of these topics is required to contribute to a complete AmSI application to
sustainable cities.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, 16-18 June 2009, Hong Kong, CUPUM 20th anniversary
EditorsA.G.O. Yeh, F. Zhang
Place of PublicationHong Kong, China
PublisherUniversity of Hong Kong
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)978-962-7589-0
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2009 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 16 Jun 200918 Jun 2009
Conference number: 11

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2009
Abbreviated titleCUPUM
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period16/06/0918/06/09

Keywords

  • ADLIB-ART-1721

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