PolluMap: A Pollution Mapper for Cities

Author

AbuJayyab, Mohammed ; Al Ahdab, S. ; Taji, M. Hazem ; Al Hamdani, Z. ; Aloul, Fadi

Author_Institution

American Univ. of Sharjah

fYear

2006

fDate

Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

PolluMap is a new automated system that monitors the air quality of urban cities and displays the information using a Web service. The system collects pollution data using mobile hardware modules, transmits the data regularly using GPRS to a back-end server, and integrates the data to generate a pollution map of the city using its geographical information system. The pollution map is available at anytime from an easy-to-view Website. Unlike previous pollution mappers, the new system provides continuous update of pollution information in addition to maximum coverage. It can be easily expanded to new areas and is cheap to employ. The system has been implemented and tested in Dubai. Initial results show the effectiveness of the proposed system

Keywords

Web services; Web sites; environmental science computing; geographic information systems; pollution measurement; PolluMap; Web service; Web site; air quality monitoring; automated system; city pollution mapper; geographical information system; Cities and towns; Costs; Databases; Displays; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Hardware; Memory; Sensor systems; Urban pollution; GPRS; GSM; Pollution Mapping; Web Application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovations in Information Technology, 2006

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0674-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0674-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2006.301972

Filename

4085487