SANY Geo-hazard application validates the usability of ad-hoc sensor networks,
SensorSA/
SWE services and SANY Decision Support infrastructure in the context of urban geo hazards. The final goal of this application is improved risk management in areas affected by construction works. The
SP6 pilot has been developed and tested at metro building sites in Barcelona, Budapest and Toulon. The video embedded at this page illustrates the main features of the final SP6 application demonstration in Barcelona (November 2009).
Most of the services used and implemented for SP6 Pilot may be transposable and used in other contexts (landslides, structural health monitoring, etc). The use of SANY
Sensor Service Architecture enables:
A common and interoperable access to third party in-situ, EO data, and wireless smart sensors data for a more comprehensive and global information;
A compliance of information between different systems using well-define resources identifiers, as well as a standard description of sensors and sensor systems;
The provision of alerts when alarms conditions are met, and a customised notification of such alerts by the user for a better awareness on a possible hazard and support preventative measures;
The remote configuration and management of wireless smart sensor networks;
The Fusion of distributed in-situ measurements of geophysical parameters with other relevant data (e.g. EO data, topographic data, …) in order to generate more accurate information;
The provision of an early risk awareness information using predictive services (temporal fusion and the use of geotechnical models) to predict alarms and ensure a faster response to a potential risk;
The possibility to have additional information where no sensor measurement is available through spatial fusion services or through the rapid deployment of additional in-situ sensors;
The use of a Services platform onto which the SANY services are grafted. The services are chained to one another, using a workflow engine that triggers the services and passes the information in a standardised way from one service element to the other, in order to create new applications that will be used for monitoring and forecasting environmental geophysical phenomena.
