Collecting and visualizing wireless geosensor data using mobile devices

Authors:
Kirsti Sääskilahti;Riitta Kangaskorte;Mika Luimula;Juha Yli-Hemminki
Affiliations:
University of Oulu, Ylivieska, Finland;University of Oulu, Ylivieska, Finland;CENTRIA Research and Development, RFMedia Laboratory, Ylivieska, Finland;CENTRIA Research and Development, RFMedia Laboratory, Ylivieska, Finland
Venue:
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial Research & Application
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Monitoring the state of the environment has traditionally based on remote monitoring systems maintained by official organizations and institutions. A development of mobile and ubiquitous computing opens new possibilities to collect geosensor data directly from user's environment as in situ measurements. In the current paper, we describe a geosensor network (GSN) solution between mobile devices and wireless geosensor nodes based on usability criteria. The results showed that it is possible to create in situ measurements which are reliable and robust enough even in extreme conditions such as low temperatures with ice and snow. Users experienced that the developed GSN solution was easy to use and the visualization of the collected data on the small screen of mobile device was evaluated as a level of satisfactory. The amount and speed of feedback about user's actions was found important in this data gathering system. In addition, the overall usability of the system correlated with system feedback. As a result, we suggest that this solution is usable and robust even in extreme winter conditions. The challenge is still in energy consumption which was not in the centre of this research.