NoiseSPY: a real-time mobile phone platform for urban noise monitoring and mapping

Kanjo, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-1720-0661, 2010. NoiseSPY: a real-time mobile phone platform for urban noise monitoring and mapping. Mobile Networks and Applications, 15 (4), pp. 562-574. ISSN 1383-469X

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Abstract

In this paper we present the design, implementation, evaluation, and user experiences of the NoiseSpy application, our sound sensing system that turns the mobile phone into a low-cost data logger for monitoring environmental noise. It allows users to explore a city area while collaboratively visualizing noise levels in real-time. The software combines the sound levels with GPS data in order to generate a map of sound levels that were encountered during a journey. We report early findings from the trials which have been carried out by cycling couriers who were given Nokia mobile phones equipped with the NoiseSpy software to collect noise data around Cambridge city. Indications are that, not only is the functionality of this personal environmental sensing tool engaging for users, but aspects such as personalization of data, contextual information, and reflection upon both the data and its collection, are important factors in obtaining and retaining their interest.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Mobile Networks and Applications
Creators:	Kanjo, E.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	2010
Volume:	15
Number:	4
ISSN:	1383-469X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11036-009-0217-y DOI
Rights:	© Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2009
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 09:40
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:08
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/840

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