52°North is an open initiative that advances the development of cutting edge open source geospatial software. The initial focii of the open source technology development are Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) , Web Security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) . Other streams of work will open up according to community direction. They host a collection of [...]
Advances in sensor technology and distributed computing, coupled with the development of open standards that facilitate sensor/sensor network interoperability, are contributing to the emergence of a phenomenon known as the ‘Sensor Web’. This phenomenon can be described as an advanced Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in which different sensors and sensor networks are combined to create [...]
I came along an interesting project aimed at developing fully autonomous underwater sensor networks to protect critical infrastructure and water resources. The name of the project is DISCOVERY, which stands for Distributed Intelligence, Sensing and Coordination in Variable Environments. DISCOVERY uses CSIRO-developed sensors called FLECK modules, which consist of a low-power processor, flash memory, radio [...]
