Urban Tomography

This project is intended to capture various videos tagged by GPS information and send it to the web storage using wireless network such as GPRS, 802.11 WLAN to discuss its effectiveness and practical systems aspects of this new area. Our urban tomography application is designed to enable pervasive dense audiovisual documentation of city life. As our neighborhoods become increasingly diverse and complex, such documentation can enable a better understanding of social interactions and the use of urban spaces. Such understanding can help urban planners re-structure existing cities in order to improve their quality of life. We implemented a complete system for audiovisual documentation. While much work remains to be done, our system is already being used for preliminary fieldwork. video capture system video capture system cellphone video cell phone motorola nokia samsung symbian photo image network ubiquitous sensing urban sensing tiny urban tomography
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