The CIRCE project (Cooperative Internet-of-Data Rural-alpine Community Environment) aimed to gather, manage, use and distribute data obtained from sensors and from people, in a multipurpose approach. The CIRCE project was selected within a call for tender launched by Piedmont Region (in collaboration with CSI Piemonte) in order to improve the digital ecosystem represented by YUCCA, an open source platform oriented to the acquisition, sharing and reuse of data resulting both from Real Time and on-demand applications. The partnership of the CIRCE project was made by scientific research bodies (IMAMOTER-CNR, IRPI CNR, DIST) together with SMEs involved in environmental monitoring and ICT sectors (namely 3a srl, EnviCons srl, Impresa Verde Cuneo srl, and NetValue srl). Within the project a shared network of agro-meteo-hydrological sensors has been created. Then a platform and its interface for collection, management and distribution of data has been developed. The CIRCE network is currently constituted by a total amount of 171 sensors remotely connected and originally belonging to different networks. They are settled-up in order to monitor and investigate agro-meteo-hydrological processes in different rural and mountain areas of Piedmont Region (NW-Italy), including some very sensitive locations, but difficult to access. Each sensor network differs from each other, in terms of purpose of monitoring, monitored parameters, instrumentation, system architecture, data acquisition and communication processes. In addition to real-time data, the CIRCE database includes many historical datasets, which were uniformed to the adopted database architecture. Such datasets were collected before the implementation of the project both from the connected sensors, and from sensors no longer active. In order to attempt to reduce the gap between the research community and end users, specific APP for smartphones and tablets were created. Such tools facilitate the access and the enrichment of the CIRCE database both for the hydrological section (APP IDRO) than for the agro-meteorological section (APP AGRO). Non-specialists may participate in enrichment of the sensor punctual data with sending qualitative and quantitative information about the observed processes (e.g. watercourse levels, erosion processes, presence of pathogens, damage pictures, etc.). The territorial investigation and the data acquisition also involved groups of citizens (namely farmers, technician and volunteers), that were engaged in creating and testing the informatics tools, according with the "Living Lab" approach. Finally, the CIRCE platform was interfaced with the YUCCA platform, allowing an open access to the CIRCE dataset and its integration in the SmartDataNet of the Regione Piemonte public administration. The CIRCE project was funded by EU FESR, by Italian Government and Regione Piemonte within the programme Regione Piemonte POR/FESR 2007-2013.
Nell'ambito del progetto CIRCE (Cooperative Internet-of-Data Rural-alpine Community Environment) è stata realizzata una piattaforma unificata per la raccolta e la gestione di dati meteo-idrologici e agrometeorologici (provenienti da reti di sensori pubblici e privati e da osservatori sul territorio), nonchè la diffusione di tali dati. Alla realizzazione del progetto hanno partecipato sia gruppi di ricerca scientifica (IMAMOTER-CNR, IRPI CNR, DIST) sia PMI operanti nei settori dell'ICT e del monitoraggio agro-ambientale (namely: 3a srl, NetValue srl, Impresa Verde Cuneo srl, EnviCons srl). Nell'ambito del progetto, sono stati installati e collegati in remoto 45 nuovi sensori di monitoraggio che si sono aggiunti a quelli già operativi, gestiti dai vari partner pubblici e privati, formando una rete di 171 sensori agrometeorologici ed idrometeorologici sparsi sul territorio piemontese. Le reti di sensori, già esistenti ed implementate nel corso del progetto, sono gestite da diversi enti di ricerca o imprese. Le reti che confluiscono nella piattaforma sono molto diverse tra loro, per finalità, struttura, strumentazione, modalità di acquisizione dati. Oltre ai dati real-time, sono stati raccolti ed uniformati numerosi dataset storici, relativi al monitoraggio e all'indagine su alcuni processi idrologici, idrogeologici e di degrado del suolo che interessano le aree collinari e montane piemontesi. Parallelamente si è cercata la collaborazione attiva con gruppi organizzati di cittadini che, secondo l'approccio dei Living Labs, si sono resi protagonisti dello studio del territorio e co-creatori della base di dati e degli strumenti informatici realizzati durante il progetto. Il progetto ha portato allo sviluppo di un'apposita APP per tablet e smartphone per la consultazione e l'implementazione sia dei dataset idrologici (APP IDRO) sia di quelli agrometeorologici (APP AGRO). Questo ulteriore strumento vuol rappresentare un tentativo di avvicinamento dell'utente finale con i concetti di "crescita condivisa"al fine di consentire l' arricchimento delle informazioni sensoristiche puntuali , con i rilievi quali-quantitativi tipici di una rete di osservatori (e.g. livelli dei torrenti, frane, fenomeni di erosione, patogeni, danni, etc). Infine è stata realizzata una piattaforma per la gestione online dei dati provenienti dai sensori e dagli osservatori in campo. I dati raccolti da tale piattaforma confluiscono in ultima battuta sulla piattaforma Yucca di SmartDataNet, entrando a far parte del patrimonio di dati "open" della Regione Piemonte. Il progetto CIRCE ha costituito un'esperienza virtuosa di collaborazione, condivisione e crescita sinergica tra ricercatori, imprese, pubbliche amministrazioni e normali cittadini, volta alla valorizzazione (tecnica, scientifica e divulgativa) delle informazioni raccolte per finalità scientifiche o tecniche.
RELAZIONE TECNICA INTERMEDIA Progetto CIRCE - Bando IoD 2015
Marcella Biddoccu;Giorgia Bagagiolo;Eugenio Cavallo;Laura Turconi;Massimo Arattano;Velio Coviello;
2015
Abstract
The CIRCE project (Cooperative Internet-of-Data Rural-alpine Community Environment) aimed to gather, manage, use and distribute data obtained from sensors and from people, in a multipurpose approach. The CIRCE project was selected within a call for tender launched by Piedmont Region (in collaboration with CSI Piemonte) in order to improve the digital ecosystem represented by YUCCA, an open source platform oriented to the acquisition, sharing and reuse of data resulting both from Real Time and on-demand applications. The partnership of the CIRCE project was made by scientific research bodies (IMAMOTER-CNR, IRPI CNR, DIST) together with SMEs involved in environmental monitoring and ICT sectors (namely 3a srl, EnviCons srl, Impresa Verde Cuneo srl, and NetValue srl). Within the project a shared network of agro-meteo-hydrological sensors has been created. Then a platform and its interface for collection, management and distribution of data has been developed. The CIRCE network is currently constituted by a total amount of 171 sensors remotely connected and originally belonging to different networks. They are settled-up in order to monitor and investigate agro-meteo-hydrological processes in different rural and mountain areas of Piedmont Region (NW-Italy), including some very sensitive locations, but difficult to access. Each sensor network differs from each other, in terms of purpose of monitoring, monitored parameters, instrumentation, system architecture, data acquisition and communication processes. In addition to real-time data, the CIRCE database includes many historical datasets, which were uniformed to the adopted database architecture. Such datasets were collected before the implementation of the project both from the connected sensors, and from sensors no longer active. In order to attempt to reduce the gap between the research community and end users, specific APP for smartphones and tablets were created. Such tools facilitate the access and the enrichment of the CIRCE database both for the hydrological section (APP IDRO) than for the agro-meteorological section (APP AGRO). Non-specialists may participate in enrichment of the sensor punctual data with sending qualitative and quantitative information about the observed processes (e.g. watercourse levels, erosion processes, presence of pathogens, damage pictures, etc.). The territorial investigation and the data acquisition also involved groups of citizens (namely farmers, technician and volunteers), that were engaged in creating and testing the informatics tools, according with the "Living Lab" approach. Finally, the CIRCE platform was interfaced with the YUCCA platform, allowing an open access to the CIRCE dataset and its integration in the SmartDataNet of the Regione Piemonte public administration. The CIRCE project was funded by EU FESR, by Italian Government and Regione Piemonte within the programme Regione Piemonte POR/FESR 2007-2013.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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