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Sensors Anywhere (SANY) is an FP6 IST-5 Integrated Project dealing with sensor networks research for environ- mental applications. It aims to contribute to joint European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security" (GMES) initiative by improving the interoperability of in- situ sensors and sensor networks, and allowing quick and cost-efficient reuse of data and services from currently in- compatible sources in future environmental risk management applications. This ambitious goal shall be achieved by (1) specifying a (generic) standard open architecture for fixed and moving sensors and sensor networks capable of seamless "plug and measure" and sharing (virtual networks); (2) developing and validating re-usable data fusion and decision support service building blocks and a reference implementation of the architecture; (3) closely working with end users and international organisation in order to assure that the outcome of SANY contributes to future standard(s) applicable to GMES. All SANY architecture specifications shall be publicly available, validated by experts through OGC technical com- mittee and compatible with EU and ESA infrastructure initiatives, such as Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE; standard interfaces with geospatial information). Last, but not the least important, SANY specifications shall be realised in three innovative risk management applica- tions covering the areas of air pollution, marine risks and geo hazards. 1. At a crossroad Environmental monitoring and risk management in Europe were historically considered as internal affair of each country, and usually in the inherence of local authorities. Resulting patchwork of incompatible semantic and information systems is still a prominent characteristic of environmental monitoring networks today. However, times are changing. With initiatives such as Water Framework Directive (EC 2000), GMES (EC 2001, http://www.gmes.info/ ), and INSPIRE (http://www.ec-gis.org/inspire/ ), European Union is pur- suing an ambitious agenda that gradually forces the member states, and the neighbouring countries to de- velop integrated or at least interoperable environmental monitoring networks and applications. In addition, several EU directives, including the "Directive on the freedom of access to information on the environ- ment" (EC 1990) and the "Directive on the re-use of public sector information" (EC 2003) are putting |
Year | Keywords | Field |
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2006 | cost efficiency,risk management,decision support,air pollution,sensor network,spatial information,information system,environmental monitoring,open architecture,data fusion | Information system,Telecommunications,End user,Interoperability,Computer security,Decision support system,Directive,Risk management,Engineering,Wireless sensor network,European union |
DocType | Citations | PageRank |
Conference | 7 | 1.82 |
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1 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| D. Havlik | 1 | 7 | 2.15 |
| G. Schimak | 2 | 7 | 1.82 |
| Ralf Denzer | 3 | 176 | 56.43 |
| B. Stevenot | 4 | 7 | 1.82 |