Laermometer: a mobile noise mapping application
Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges
Citizen noise pollution monitoring
Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Social Networks: Making Connections between Citizens, Data and Government
In-stream Validation of Measurements with OGC SWE Web Services
GEOPROCESSING '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Second International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services
Participatory noise pollution monitoring using mobile phones
Information Polity - Government 2.0: Making Connections between citizens, data and government
Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
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Full data coverage of urban environments is crucial to monitor the status of the area to detect, for instance, trends and detrimental environmental changes. Collecting observations related to environmental factors such as noise pollution in urban environments through classical approaches implies the deployment of Sensor Networks. The cost of deployment and maintenance of such infrastructure might be relatively high for local and regional governments. On the other hand recent mass-market mobile devices such as smartphones are full of sensors. For instance, it is possible to perform measurements of noise through its microphone. Therefore they become low-cost measuring devices that many citizens have in their pocket. In this paper we present an approach for gathering noise pollution data by using mobile applications. The applications are designed following gamification techniques to encourage users to participate using their personal smartphones. In this way the users are involved in taking and sharing noise pollution measurements in their cities that other stakeholders can use in their analysis and decision making processes.