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View article: Assessing nitrogen dioxide monitoring techniques: a comparative analysis of Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and ground measurements in Catalonia
Assessing nitrogen dioxide monitoring techniques: a comparative analysis of Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and ground measurements in Catalonia Open
Effective monitoring of air pollution is essential for the development of environmental and public health policies. Comprehensive air quality management requires precise tools and strategies to assess the spatial and temporal distribution …
View article: Assessing nitrogen dioxide monitoring techniques: a comparative analysis of Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and ground measurements in Catalonia
Assessing nitrogen dioxide monitoring techniques: a comparative analysis of Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and ground measurements in Catalonia Open
Effective monitoring of air pollution is essential for the development of environmental and public health policies. Comprehensive air quality management requires precise tools and strategies to assess the spatial and temporal distribution …
View article: Enhanced Seamless Indoor–Outdoor Tracking Using Time Series of GNSS Positioning Errors
Enhanced Seamless Indoor–Outdoor Tracking Using Time Series of GNSS Positioning Errors Open
The seamless integration of indoor and outdoor positioning has gained considerable attention due to its practical implications in various fields. This paper presents an innovative approach aimed at detecting and delineating outdoor, indoor…
View article: Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona
Conscious walk assessment for the joint evaluation of the soundscape, air quality, biodiversity, and comfort in Barcelona Open
High environmental noise as well as poor biodiversity and air pollution pose significant challenges for the European population, particularly those residing in urban areas, impacting clearly on citizens’ health. The Conscious Walk initiati…
View article: IOPES, a new full-fledged approach to provide an end-to-end tracking system for emergency staff
IOPES, a new full-fledged approach to provide an end-to-end tracking system for emergency staff Open
The IOPES (Indoor-Outdoor Positioning for Emergency Staff) project aimed at developing an end-to-end solution able to provide a positioning and tracking system for emergency teams, no matter whether their members were located either outdoo…
View article: Biodiversity, Urban Quality Life and Air Quality Indices for Hotspot Detection of Transformation Opportunities in Cities: A Case Study in Barcelona
Biodiversity, Urban Quality Life and Air Quality Indices for Hotspot Detection of Transformation Opportunities in Cities: A Case Study in Barcelona Open
Half of the world's population lives in cities, where usually there are few little green space and there are also high levels of air pollution. Moreover, the traditional urbanization of cities contributes to climate change, promotes the lo…
View article: Conscious Walk Methodology Design for Acoustic, Air Quality and Biodiversity Evaluation in Urban Environments
Conscious Walk Methodology Design for Acoustic, Air Quality and Biodiversity Evaluation in Urban Environments Open
Environmental noise and air pollution, as well as poor green infrastructure quality, are major concerns for the European population due to their impacts on citizens’ health, especially for those citizens living in urban environments,…
View article: ON THE ORGANIZATION AND VALIDATION OF A PILOT TEST OF A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM
ON THE ORGANIZATION AND VALIDATION OF A PILOT TEST OF A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM Open
The development of new tools that allow continuous monitoring of air quality is essential for the study of actions, in order to improve the levels of pollutants in the air that are harmful to the health of citizens. Cardiovascular and resp…
View article: ON THE ORGANIZATION AND VALIDATION OF A PILOT TEST OF A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM
ON THE ORGANIZATION AND VALIDATION OF A PILOT TEST OF A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM Open
The development of new tools that allow continuous monitoring of air quality is essential for the study of actions, in order to improve the levels of pollutants in the air that are harmful to the health of citizens. Cardiovascular and resp…
View article: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF THE IOPES SEAMLESS INDOOR-OUTDOOR POSITIONING APPROACH
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF THE IOPES SEAMLESS INDOOR-OUTDOOR POSITIONING APPROACH Open
Tracking the members of civil protection or emergency teams is still an open issue. Although outdoors tracking is routinely performed using well-seasoned techniques such as GNSS, this same problem must be still solved for indoors situation…
View article: EDC-Net: Edge Detection Capsule Network for 3D Point Clouds
EDC-Net: Edge Detection Capsule Network for 3D Point Clouds Open
Edge features in point clouds are prominent due to the capability of describing an abstract shape of a set of points. Point clouds obtained by 3D scanner devices are often immense in terms of size. Edges are essential features in large sca…
View article: MAPPING AIR QUALITY WITH A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM (C-AQM)
MAPPING AIR QUALITY WITH A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM (C-AQM) Open
World cities are currently facing one of the major crisis of the last century. Some preliminary studies on COVID-19 pandemia have shown that air pollutants may have a strong impact on virus effects. Improved gas sensors and wireless commun…
View article: MAPPING AIR QUALITY WITH A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM (C-AQM)
MAPPING AIR QUALITY WITH A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM (C-AQM) Open
World cities are currently facing one of the major crisis of the last century. Some preliminary studies on COVID-19 pandemia have shown that air pollutants may have a strong impact on virus effects. Improved gas sensors and wireless commun…
View article: NDVI Point Cloud Generator Tool Using Low-Cost RGB-D Sensor
NDVI Point Cloud Generator Tool Using Low-Cost RGB-D Sensor Open
<p>In this manuscript, a NDVI point cloud generator tool based on low-cost active RGB-D sensor is presented. Taking advantage of currently available ROS point cloud generation tools and RGB-D sensor technology (like Microsoft Kinect)…
View article: C-AQM: A CROWD-SOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM
C-AQM: A CROWD-SOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM Open
European cities are currently facing one of the main evolutions of the last fifty years. “Cities for the citizens” is the new leitmotiv of modern societies, and citizens are demanding, among others, a greener environment including non-poll…
View article: FEASIBILITY OF SMARTPHONE BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC POINT CLOUDS FOR THE GENERATION OF ACCESSIBILITY MAPS
FEASIBILITY OF SMARTPHONE BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC POINT CLOUDS FOR THE GENERATION OF ACCESSIBILITY MAPS Open
Accessible cities with accessible services are an old claim of people with reduced mobility. But this demand is still far away of becoming a reality as lot of work is required to be done yet. First step towards accessible cities is to know…
View article: FEASIBILITY OF SMARTPHONE BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC POINT CLOUDS FOR THE GENERATION OF ACCESSIBILITY MAPS
FEASIBILITY OF SMARTPHONE BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC POINT CLOUDS FOR THE GENERATION OF ACCESSIBILITY MAPS Open
Accessible cities with accessible services are an old claim of people with reduced mobility. But this demand is still far away of becoming a reality as lot of work is required to be done yet. First step towards accessible cities is to know…
View article: On a fast, low-cost indoor mapping and positioning system for the management of natural hazards
On a fast, low-cost indoor mapping and positioning system for the management of natural hazards Open
Civil protection teams working in areas affected by disasters - as floods or earthquakes - face challenging and risky situations because of (among other reasons) the lack of knowledge about an environment that may have changed drastically.…
View article: Autonomous Wheeled Robot Platform Testbed For Navigation And Mapping Using Low-Cost Sensors
Autonomous Wheeled Robot Platform Testbed For Navigation And Mapping Using Low-Cost Sensors Open
This papers presents the concept of an architecture for a wheeled robot system that helps researchers in the field of geomatics to speed up their daily research on kinematic geodesy, indoor navigation and indoor positioning fields. The pre…
View article: AUTONOMOUS WHEELED ROBOT PLATFORM TESTBED FOR NAVIGATIONAND MAPPING USING LOW-COST SENSORS
AUTONOMOUS WHEELED ROBOT PLATFORM TESTBED FOR NAVIGATIONAND MAPPING USING LOW-COST SENSORS Open
This paper presents the concept of an architecture for a wheeled robot system that helps researchers in the field of geomatics to speed up their daily research on kinematic geodesy, indoor navigation and indoor positioning fields. The pres…
View article: ASTROLABE: A Rigorous, Geodetic-Oriented Data Model for Trajectory Determination Systems
ASTROLABE: A Rigorous, Geodetic-Oriented Data Model for Trajectory Determination Systems Open
The constant irruption of new sensors is a challenge for software systems that do not rely on generic data models able to manage change or innovation. Several data modeling standards exist. Some of these address the problem from a generic …
View article: CSAC Characterization and Its Impact on GNSS Clock Augmentation Performance
CSAC Characterization and Its Impact on GNSS Clock Augmentation Performance Open
Chip Scale Atomic Clocks (CSAC) are recently-developed electronic instruments that, when used together with a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver, help improve the performance of GNSS navigation solutions in certain conditi…
View article: A Generic, Extensible Data Model for Trajectory Determination Systems
A Generic, Extensible Data Model for Trajectory Determination Systems Open
Trajectory Determination Systems (TDS) use the measurements delivered by sensors to estimate trajectories. Many are the types of sensors that may be used already by such systems and new ones appear constantly in the market. Variety and fas…
View article: Positioning performance of chip-scale atomic clock GNSS augmentation systems
Positioning performance of chip-scale atomic clock GNSS augmentation systems Open
<p>Current GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receivers include an internal quartz oscillator, such as TCXO (Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator) or similar, limited by its frequency stability and a poor accuracy, being…
View article: HYBRID MODELS FOR TRAJECTORY ERROR MODELLING IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
HYBRID MODELS FOR TRAJECTORY ERROR MODELLING IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Open
This paper tackles the first step of any strategy aiming to improve the trajectory of terrestrial mobile mapping systems in urban environments. We present an approach to model the error of terrestrial mobile mapping trajectories, combining…
View article: HYBRID MODELS FOR TRAJECTORY ERROR MODELLING IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
HYBRID MODELS FOR TRAJECTORY ERROR MODELLING IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Open
This paper tackles the first step of any strategy aiming to improve the trajectory of terrestrial mobile mapping systems in urban environments. We present an approach to model the error of terrestrial mobile mapping trajectories, combining…
View article: GEMMA: A GENERIC, EXTENSIBLE AND MODULAR MULTI-SENSOR NAVIGATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM
GEMMA: A GENERIC, EXTENSIBLE AND MODULAR MULTI-SENSOR NAVIGATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM Open
This paper presents the concept of an architecture for a system that helps researchers in the field of Geomatics to speed up their daily research on kinematic geodesy, navigation and positioning fields. The presented ideas correspond to an…
View article: GEMMA: A GENERIC, EXTENSIBLE AND MODULAR MULTI-SENSOR NAVIGATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM
GEMMA: A GENERIC, EXTENSIBLE AND MODULAR MULTI-SENSOR NAVIGATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM Open
This paper presents the concept of an architecture for a system that helps researchers in the field of Geomatics to speed up their daily research on kinematic geodesy, navigation and positioning fields. The presented ideas correspond to an…
View article: On Software Architecture Concepts For A Unified, Generic And Extensible Trajectory Determination System
On Software Architecture Concepts For A Unified, Generic And Extensible Trajectory Determination System Open
In this paper, we will describe the architecture of an innovative generic trajectory determination system. The architecture describes a software (SW) platform for the optimal determination of trajectories or paths of stochastic dynamical s…