| Title |
Designing a Urban Energy Monitoring and Visualization System Combined with Urban Geo-spatial Information |
| Authors |
Kim Sung-Ah ; Kim Gap-Deug |
| Keywords |
U-City ; Energy Monitoring ; Geospatial Information ; Information Visualization |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to propose a urban energy monitoring visualization environment in the context of the U-Eco City R&D Project. As the smart control of energy resource increases its importance for the sustainable growth of the built environment, how to monitor the energy usage in the city becomes the foremost task. Such a monitoring system should be accessible non only to the suppliers and decision makers, but to the consumers providing customized views and comprehensive information. Advances in major visualization systems show the integration of wide-area geographic information with the environment data, fed with real-time monitoring data. On the other hand, some research-oriented systems command user-oriented features such as multiple layers of information, metaphoric way of data representation, and logical LOD. We have analyzed these R&D efforts and conceptualized the energy monitoring system which combines the 3D geographic platform with urban spatial information model in a dynamic way. Advanced user-oriented features have been also integrated into the design of user interfaces. The system will is being developed towards the application of testbed and will eventually be used for the monitoring and control of U-Eco city energy supply. |