CAPTURING THE SOUNDS OF AN URBAN GREENSPACE
Acoustic data can be a source of important information about events and the environment in modern cities. To date, much of the focus has been on monitoring noise pollution, but the urban soundscape contains a rich variety of signals about both human and natural phenomena. We describe the CitySounds...
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| description | Acoustic data can be a source of important information about events and the environment in modern cities. To date, much of the focus has been on monitoring noise pollution, but the urban soundscape contains a rich variety of signals about both human and natural phenomena. We describe the CitySounds project, which has installed enclosed sensor kits at several locations across a heavily used urban greenspace in the city of Edinburgh. The acoustic monitoring components regularly capture short clips in real-time of both ultrasonic and audible noises, for example encompassing bats, birds and other wildlife, traffic, and human. The sounds are complemented by collecting other data from sensors, such as temperature and relative humidity. To ensure privacy and compliance with relevant legislation, robust methods render completely unintelligible any traces of voice or conversation that may incidentally be overheard by the sensors. We have adopted a variety of methods to encourage community engagement with the audio data and to communicate the richness of urban soundscapes to a general audience. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b29e0dfd58f4630b1b244a9a0db5a232022-12-21T18:46:01ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342018-09-01XLII-4-W11192610.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W11-19-2018CAPTURING THE SOUNDS OF AN URBAN GREENSPACEE. Klein0S. Chapple1J. Fainberg2C. Magill3M. Parker4C. Raab5J. Silvertown6School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKInformation Services Group, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKEdinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKSchool of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKAcoustic data can be a source of important information about events and the environment in modern cities. To date, much of the focus has been on monitoring noise pollution, but the urban soundscape contains a rich variety of signals about both human and natural phenomena. We describe the CitySounds project, which has installed enclosed sensor kits at several locations across a heavily used urban greenspace in the city of Edinburgh. The acoustic monitoring components regularly capture short clips in real-time of both ultrasonic and audible noises, for example encompassing bats, birds and other wildlife, traffic, and human. The sounds are complemented by collecting other data from sensors, such as temperature and relative humidity. To ensure privacy and compliance with relevant legislation, robust methods render completely unintelligible any traces of voice or conversation that may incidentally be overheard by the sensors. We have adopted a variety of methods to encourage community engagement with the audio data and to communicate the richness of urban soundscapes to a general audience.https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-4-W11/19/2018/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W11-19-2018.pdf |
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| title | CAPTURING THE SOUNDS OF AN URBAN GREENSPACE |
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