A Mobile Sensing Kit for Urban Analysis For more legible, quantifiable intangible and temporary data

Nancy Diniz; Hai Ning Liang

A Mobile Sensing Kit for Urban Analysis For more legible, quantifiable intangible and temporary data

Nancy Diniz
, Hai Ning Liang

Department of Computing

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

This paper describes the design and testing of a mobile sensing kit for real-time urban site analysis. It aims to contribute to a discussion on the importance of sensing-based mapping of urban phenomena following our assertion that current delivery of urban analysis methodologies, with their emphasis on visuo-spatial analysis only, fail to create maps that reflect the nuanced and layered interrelationships between the people and the physical environmental space they live in. In essence, the paper will bring to light the set up components and deployment of a mobile sensing kit that allows for usually mapped static invisible data (air quality, temperature, humidity) to be mapped as visible data. In other words, we want to explore how real-time geo-referenced data collection can enhance traditional data mapping and visualization methods enabling designers to understand better the urban space.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fusion
Editors	Emine Mine Thompson
Publisher	Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Pages	63-70
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789491207075
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	32nd International Conference on Education and research in Computer aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2014 - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Sept 2014 → 12 Sept 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	2684-1843

Conference

Conference	32nd International Conference on Education and research in Computer aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Newcastle upon Tyne
Period	10/09/14 → 12/09/14

UN SDGs

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

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

DIY electronics
Environmental data collection
city modeling
intangible data collection and visualization
mobile sensing
site surveying with open hardware

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Diniz, N., & Liang, H. N. (2014). A Mobile Sensing Kit for Urban Analysis For more legible, quantifiable intangible and temporary data. In E. M. Thompson (Ed.), Fusion (pp. 63-70). (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe; Vol. 1). Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe.

Diniz, Nancy ; Liang, Hai Ning. / A Mobile Sensing Kit for Urban Analysis For more legible, quantifiable intangible and temporary data. Fusion. editor / Emine Mine Thompson. Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2014. pp. 63-70 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

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Diniz, N & Liang, HN 2014, A Mobile Sensing Kit for Urban Analysis For more legible, quantifiable intangible and temporary data. in EM Thompson (ed.), Fusion. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, vol. 1, Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, pp. 63-70, 32nd International Conference on Education and research in Computer aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2014, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 10/09/14.

A Mobile Sensing Kit for Urban Analysis For more legible, quantifiable intangible and temporary data. / Diniz, Nancy; Liang, Hai Ning.
Fusion. ed. / Emine Mine Thompson. Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2014. p. 63-70 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe; Vol. 1).

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