Noisetube: citizen noise pollution monitoring using mobile phones

website: http://www.noisetube.net
Noise pollution is a serious problem in many cities. NoiseTube is a research project about a new participative approach for monitoring noise pollution involving the general public. Our goal is to extend the current usage of mobile phones by turning them into noise sensors enabling each citizen to measure his own exposure in his everyday environment. Furthermore each user could also participate to the creation of a collective map of noise pollution by sharing automatically his geolocalized measures with the community.

By installing our free application on your GPS equipped phone, you will be able to measure the level of noise in dB(A) (with a precision a bit lower than a sound level meter), and contribute to the collective noise mapping by annotating it (tagging, subjective level of annoyance) and sending this geolocalized information automatically to the NoiseTube server by internet (GPRS).

http://nico.maisonneuve.free.fr

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• participatory sensing
• noise
• mobile phone
• community
• sensor network
• environment

[craftsmank]

Nice idea - noise has certainly affected my life considerably, but unlike 99% i have taken measures to prevent the worst affects when driving or visiting noisy places - have you ever seen anyone at a night club or a concert with full ear protectors?

Its also interesting to see the ages of the majority using the tube in London in the early morning rush hour - where are all those over 40?? Could it be that noise has led the majority to leave the city without realising it??

[StopNoiseAtAlkapur]

Noise pollution is a serious problem, it affects senior citizens and babies the worst. We have posted several videos about noise pollution by a temple near our homes; the concerned authorities should take noise complaints seriously. In our cases our complaints for past 2 years have yielded no results.