Soc-IoT: A Proof-of-Concept for Citizen-Centric Environmental Monitoring

Cities around the world are struggling with environmental pollution. The conventional monitoring approaches are not effective for undertaking large-scale environmental monitoring due to logistical and cost-related issues. The availability of low-cost and low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices has proved to be an effective alternative to monitor the ambient environment. Such systems have opened up environment monitoring opportunities to researchers and citizens while simultaneously confronting them with challenges like sensor accuracy, accumulation of large data sets, and data analysis, which itself is a formidable task that requires extensive computational resources and technical expertise. To address this challenge, a social, open-source, and citizen-centric IoT (Soc-IoT) framework is proposed that combines tools for real-time environmental sensing with an intuitive data analysis and visualization application. Soc-IoT has two main components: (1) CoSense Unit – a resource-efficient, portable and modular environment monitoring device intended for citizen sensing and complementing official environment monitoring infrastructure, and (2) exploreR – an intuitive cross-platform data analysis and visualization application that offers a comprehensive set of tools for systematic analysis of sensor data without any coding requirement. Developed as a proof-of-concept framework to monitor the environment at scale, Soc-IoT aims to promote environmental resilience and open innovation by reducing technological barriers.

Soc-IoT: A Proof-of-Concept for Citizen-Centric Environmental Monitoring

Cities around the world are struggling with environmental pollution. The conventional monitoring approaches are not effective for undertaking large-scale environmental monitoring due to logistical and cost-related issues. The availability of low-cost and low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices has proved to be an effective alternative to monitor the ambient environment. Such systems have opened up environment monitoring opportunities to researchers and citizens while simultaneously confronting them with challenges like sensor accuracy, accumulation of large data sets, and data analysis, which itself is a formidable task that requires extensive computational resources and technical expertise. To address this challenge, a social, open-source, and citizen-centric IoT (Soc-IoT) framework is proposed that combines tools for real-time environmental sensing with an intuitive data analysis and visualization application. Soc-IoT has two main components: (1) CoSense Unit – a resource-efficient, portable and modular environment monitoring device intended for citizen sensing and complementing official environment monitoring infrastructure, and (2) exploreR – an intuitive cross-platform data analysis and visualization application that offers a comprehensive set of tools for systematic analysis of sensor data without any coding requirement. Developed as a proof-of-concept framework to monitor the environment at scale, Soc-IoT aims to promote environmental resilience and open innovation by reducing technological barriers.

Aperio: managing 3D scene occlusion using a mechanical tool analogy for visualizing multi-partmesh data.

This thesis presents a novel interaction model for browsing complex 3D scenes containing numerous layers of occluding and intertwining structures that often hide regions of interest. The interaction model is realized through the development of a custom visualization application, Aperio. Aperio provides a set of virtual mechanical "metal" tools, such as rods, rings, "cookie" cutters and a knife, that support real-time, interactive exploration. Cutter tools are designed to create easily-understood cutaway views (or context-preserving ribbon slices) and rings and rods provide simple path constraints that support rigid transformations of models via "sliding", providing interactive exploded-view capabilities. All tools are based on a single underlying superquadric formulation and can ―"iteratively" be picked up and replanted to generate various views. A multi-pass, GPU-based capping algorithm provides real-time "solid cuts" rendering of surface meshes. We also present a user study to provide supporting evidence of Aperio‘s interaction simplicity and effectiveness for occlusion management.

Aperio: managing 3D scene occlusion using a mechanical tool analogy for visualizing multi-partmesh data.

This thesis presents a novel interaction model for browsing complex 3D scenes containing numerous layers of occluding and intertwining structures that often hide regions of interest. The interaction model is realized through the development of a custom visualization application, Aperio. Aperio provides a set of virtual mechanical "metal" tools, such as rods, rings, "cookie" cutters and a knife, that support real-time, interactive exploration. Cutter tools are designed to create easily-understood cutaway views (or context-preserving ribbon slices) and rings and rods provide simple path constraints that support rigid transformations of models via "sliding", providing interactive exploded-view capabilities. All tools are based on a single underlying superquadric formulation and can ―"iteratively" be picked up and replanted to generate various views. A multi-pass, GPU-based capping algorithm provides real-time "solid cuts" rendering of surface meshes. We also present a user study to provide supporting evidence of Aperio‘s interaction simplicity and effectiveness for occlusion management.

Penggunaan 3D Landmark Untuk Pengenalan Masjid Di Kota Bekasi Menggunakan Metode Prototype

The mosque is the center of Muslim activities. The development of the mosque at this time so fast it can be seen from the City to remote villages. Bekasi City has 12 districts and in each district there are already many mosques that are easy to find. Each mosque must have a different architecture. The difference of each mosque building architecture is what makes Muslims want to visit the mosques to find out the beauty contained in the mosque's architecture. many of them first do a search on the search engine to find the mosque you want to visit Results Unfortunately on the search results there are still many who are drawn in 2D in the form of photographs of the mosque. 2D depiction is considered less effective because it can only see from one angle. Visualization is engineering in making drawings, diagrams, or animations to display information. Visualization usually depicts objects in 3D. With visualization, mosque objects can be shown as a whole. The research conducted is the prototyping method, where this method is used starting in the initial stages of design until the application is ready for use. Through the output of the mosque mosque visualization application in the District of Bekasi City, the author wants to show the overall shape of the mosque, mosque data, and the location of the mosque to make it easier for users before choosing a mosque to visit through a mobile-based application. This application includes mosques from 12 Subdistricts in the City of Bekasi, where in one district is represented by one mosque. The making of this application uses the PHP programming language