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100 _aWilliams, Sarah
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245 _aEvaluating sensors for the measurement of public life: A future in image processing
260 _bSage,
_c2019.
300 _aVol 46, Issue 8, 2019 (1534-1548 p.)
520 _aWilliam Whyte, one of the most well-known urban planners, documented hundreds of hours of street life using videos, cameras, and interviews to develop social and physical policy recommendations for cities. Since then, studies of public life have primarily depended on human observation for data collection. Our research sets out to test whether Do-it-Yourself sensor technologies can automate this data collection process. To answer this question, our team embedded sensors in moveable benches and evaluated their performance according to the Gehl Method, a popular guideline that measures public life. During three field tests, we gathered information on public life via several sensors including image capture, location tracking, weight measurement, and other environmental sensing techniques. Ultimately, we determined that analysis derived from image processing was the most effective method for measuring public life. Our research demonstrates that it is possible to use sensors to automate the measurement of public life and highlights the value and precision of using video footage for collecting these data. Since image processing algorithms have become more accessible and can be applied to Do-it-Yourself projects, future work can build on this research to develop open access image processing tools to evaluate and advocate for urban design strategies.
650 _aDo-it-Yourself,
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650 _a image analytics
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650 _asensors,
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650 _asmart cities,
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650 _aurban design
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700 _aAhn, Chaewon
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700 _aGunc,Hayrettin
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700 _aOzgirin, Ege
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700 _aPearce, Michael
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700 _aXiong, Zhekun
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773 0 _011590
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_dSage 2019.
_t Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2399808319852636
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