Participatory sensing in environmental monitoring: Experiences

Ville Kotovirta; Timo Toivanen; Renne Tergujeff; Markku Huttunen

doi:10.1109/IMIS.2012.70

Participatory sensing in environmental monitoring: Experiences

Ville Kotovirta
, Timo Toivanen
, Renne Tergujeff
, Markku Huttunen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

In this paper we describe our experiences in applying the concept of participatory sensing to environmental monitoring. We have run pilot trials for air quality, water quality and plant disease monitoring. In these pilots, users have reported their personal observations or measurements of various environmental phenomena, using special locationbased applications in their mobile phones. We found a relevant correlation between algae observations by untrained citizens and by professionals, which supports the feasibility of participatory sensing as a complementary information source for algae monitoring. One key issue in collecting useful participatory datasets is managing to motivate people for acting as mobile environmental sensors. Other important issues discussed in the paper include privacy preservation and reliability of user observations

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	155-162
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7695-4684-1, 978-1-4673-1328-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IMIS.2012.70
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012 - Palermo, Italy Duration: 4 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

Conference

Conference	Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012
Abbreviated title	IMIS 2012
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Palermo
Period	4/07/12 → 6/07/12

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Participatory sensing
air quality
water quality
plant disease
mobile phone
architecture

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Kotovirta, V, Toivanen, T, Tergujeff, R & Huttunen, M 2012, Participatory sensing in environmental monitoring: Experiences. in Proceedings: Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 155-162, Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012, Palermo, Italy, 4/07/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/IMIS.2012.70

Participatory sensing in environmental monitoring: Experiences. / Kotovirta, Ville; Toivanen, Timo; Tergujeff, Renne et al.
Proceedings: Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2012. p. 155-162.

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