At this year’s AGIT2016 or the GI-Forum, we have been able to present our new publication. In the course of the session “Urban Geoinformatics”, Peter Zeile was able to present on behalf of the co-authors Bernd Resch, Martin Loidl, Andreas Petutschnig and Linda Dörrzapf “Urban Emotions Bicycle Experience enriching bicycle traffic planning with human sensor data”. The article is published by GI_Forum Journal (Open Access) and can be recalled.
picture by Anita Graser via Twitter https://twitter.com/underdarkGIS/status/750676303133704192
Abstract:
Even though much research has been conducted on the safety of cycling infrastructures, most previous approaches only make use of traditional and proven methods based upon datasets such as accident statistics, road infrastructure data, or questionnaires. Apart from typical surveys, which are known to face numerous limitations from a psychological and sociological viewpoints, the question of how perceived safety can best be assessed is still widely unexplored. Thus, this paper presents an approach for bio-physiological sensing to identify places in urban environments which are perceived as unsafe by cyclists. Specifically, a number of physiological parameters like ECG, skin conductance, skin temperature and heart rate variability are analysed to identify moments of stress. Together with data gathered through a People as Sensors app, these stress levels can be mapped to specific emotions. This method was tested in a pilot study in Cambridge, MA (USA), which is presented in this paper. Our findings show that our method can identify places with emotional peaks, particularly fear and anger. Although our results can be qualitatively interpreted and used in urban planning, more research is necessary to quantitatively and automatically generate recommendations from the measurements for urban planners.
Twitter reactions from the session:
#giforum2016 Urban Geoinformatics session starts now: human sensor data for active mobility pic.twitter.com/oPEpPCdzJC
— Anita Graser (@underdarkGIS) 6. Juli 2016
Great visualization of stress levels while walking: person’s head turns red when stressed #giforum2016 pic.twitter.com/2o0oYzBAxI
— Anita Graser (@underdarkGIS) 6. Juli 2016
happy to had the chance to contribute some bits and pieces. @theonlyzetto on #UrbanEmotion project. #GIForum2016 pic.twitter.com/PIQuSMOcQx
— gicycle (@gicycle_) 6. Juli 2016
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