The SID creator: a visual approach for integrating sensors with the sensor web

Arne Bröring; Felix Bache; Thomas Bartoschek; C.P.J.M. van Elzakker

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19789-5_8

The SID creator: a visual approach for integrating sensors with the sensor web

Arne Bröring, Felix Bache, Thomas Bartoschek, C.P.J.M. van Elzakker

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Abstract

This paper describes the Sensor Interface Descriptor (SID) model and focuses on presenting and evaluating the SID creator, a visual approach to create instances of the SID model. Those SID instances comprise the knowledge required to integrate a sensor with the Sensor Web. This integration is done by an SID interpreter which uses an SID instance to translate between a sensor protocol and the Sensor Web protocols. An SID instance, designed for a particular sensor type, can be reused in multiple applications and can be shared among user communities. The SID creator enables users to describe the interface, commands and metadata of their sensors. In a user study, we evaluated the simplification of the sensor integration process through the SID concept. The study incorporated four user groups, ranging from high school students to expert users, who were challenged to integrate weather station sensors with the Sensor Web by utilizing the SID creator. While the common approaches of integrating such sensors with the Sensor Web involve manual coding and extensive adaptation efforts, this new visual approach significantly simplifies the integration process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World
Editors	S.C.M. Geertman, W.P. Reinhardt, F.J. Toppen
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	143-162
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-19789-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-19788-8, 978-3-642-26756-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19789-5_8
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	14th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, AGILE 2011 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 18 Apr 2011 → 21 Apr 2011 Conference number: 14

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Name	Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	1863-2246
ISSN (Electronic)	1863-2351

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Conference	14th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, AGILE 2011
Abbreviated title	AGILE
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	18/04/11 → 21/04/11

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Bröring, A., Bache, F., Bartoschek, T., & van Elzakker, C. P. J. M. (2011). The SID creator: a visual approach for integrating sensors with the sensor web. In S. C. M. Geertman, W. P. Reinhardt, & F. J. Toppen (Eds.), Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World (pp. 143-162). (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19789-5_8

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Bröring, A, Bache, F, Bartoschek, T & van Elzakker, CPJM 2011, The SID creator: a visual approach for integrating sensors with the sensor web. in SCM Geertman, WP Reinhardt & FJ Toppen (eds), Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer, Berlin, pp. 143-162, 14th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, AGILE 2011, Utrecht, Netherlands, 18/04/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19789-5_8

The SID creator: a visual approach for integrating sensors with the sensor web. / Bröring, Arne; Bache, Felix; Bartoschek, Thomas et al.
Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World. ed. / S.C.M. Geertman; W.P. Reinhardt; F.J. Toppen. Berlin: Springer, 2011. p. 143-162 (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography).

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