Geo-dynamic monitoring using wireless sensor networks
Dan Tudose, Ioan - Dragos Deaconu, Andrei Musat · 2016
Wireless sensor networks are a cheap and versatile solution for monitoring various environments. There are a number of such applications used worldwide to monitor areas in which human access is hard or near impossible. These applications are mainly used by government organizations or for research purposes, while standardized or commercial applications are still under development. They seldom focus on using the data in the interest of safety for the population, such as warning them of natural disasters or assessing the risk of damaged areas left in the wake of a natural disaster. The solution proposed in this article is a low power, low cost wireless sensor architecture which is used to monitor earthquakes and the status of urban structures exposed to earthquakes or other sources of vibration in order to prevent possible disasters.