Overview

pWorldsensing is a widely recognized global IoT pioneer. By providing customers with the tools to make the right operational decisions based on real-time intelligence, its insights enable operators to understand the performance of distributed infrastructure, make predictions, improve efficiency and prevent disasters. Worldsensing uses wireless sensor technology and real-time software solutions to provide operational intelligence to operators and decision makers. This is what Worldsensing calls Connected Operational Intelligence./p pWith offices in Barcelona, London, and Los Angeles, Worldsensing is globally active and works with customers in more than 60 countries, reinventing the world we will live and work in, tomorrow./p

Supernova Award Category

Data to Decisions

The Problem

pFor 5+ years, Worldsensing developed hardware-based IoT technology manufacturing parking, infrastructure, and traffic sensors. When they realized that data was key to providing city decision makers and operators with predictions enabling them to work more efficiently, they created an intelligent IoT solution builder. While an IoT platform in itself aggregates data, a platform in itself doesn’t add value to city operations. The IoT builder helped them with this dilemma. Among others, Worldsensing developed a mobility application which allows city control centers to obtain real-time intelligence on traffic incidents and anomalies or police officer locations to enable data-driven collaboration. The technology uses a microservices architecture where components run on dockers and independent modules./p pWorldsensing’s solution also includes prediction modules to help cities plan for the future e.g. to manage traffic, incidents and parking during big urban events. Worldsensing applications integrate time series data from any third-party sensors — such as CCTV, weather stations, and vehicle counting sensors. Any API, any data, in any format can be integrated. For example, Worldsensing has been:/p ul liMonitoring mobility, parking, security, and traffic in 60 cities/li liCollecting data from 65k+ sensors in 200+ construction sites, 100+ critical infrastructures/li liSupporting decision-making in 6 major construction sites/li liEnsuring that 90+ mines are safe, maintained/li /ul

The Solution

pWorldsensing needed to build applications for its own IoT products while also providing customers with the data to optimize operations and to make cities smarter and safer: /p ul listrongLoadsensing:/strong Wireless, long range, low-power monitoring system that helps customers manage infrastructure: bridges, railway stations, dams, mines./li listrongFastprk (now owned by Urbiotica):/strong On-street parking management system that helps cities understand outdoor parking usage with real-time monitoring, including payment enforcement; parking behavior; and engagement through apps. /li listrongBitcarrier:/strong Sensors that track city traffic flow in real time and track Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals from cars./li /ul pOneMind, an IoT solution builder, uses a variety of data sources, including InfluxDB, a time series database, to store critical IoT time series data. InfluxDB is used to collect and store sensor readings from traffic light controllers, smart parking meters, and other geotechnical sensors. /p

The results

pUsing InfluxDB, the Worldsensing engineering team successfully built OneMind to offer an end-to-end solution to customers: for traffic flow management, smart parking, emergency security response, and critical infrastructure monitoring. This intelligent IoT solution builder integrates data from all Worldsensing products to deliver Connected Operational Intelligence to cities and traditional industries and enables them to act in real time and predict anomalies. Use cases include:/p ul liInserting static and generic data that shows geolocated data on a map and relates a popup visualization with current sensor data, such as tiltmeter inclination values in degrees, environment data, variable message panels, or CCTV cameras./li liDetecting anomalies and triggering alerts by saving and analyzing historical data./li liAggregating data by area and time to evaluate parking situations/li /ul pGiven its diverse products — loadsensing, fastprk and bitcarrier — Worldsensing has, in any given city, many systems and a large number of sensors capturing data from various sites. The OneMind builder now digitizes and unifies all the information so it can be presented to operators in smart city control centers to track performance, detect problems, and enable action. Through OneMind, Worldsensing is able to build end-to-end solutions for its customers that make cities smarter and safer./p

Metrics

ul lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/environmental-alerts/"Efficient Response Execution for Environmental Alerts/a ul liPM10, humidity, temperature, wind speed and direction etc/li liVehicle volume, traffic, parking status/li /ul /li lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/highway-accidents/"Efficient Response Management after Highway Accidents/a ul liVehicle volume and speed/li liManpower resources availability/li /ul /li lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/dengue-outbreak-monitoring/"Dengue outbreak monitoring/a ul liCases reported/li liHospital admissions, remaining capacity/li liManpower resources availability/li /ul /li /ul

The Technology

pWorldsensing’s OneMind uses InfluxDB to collect and store sensor readings from traffic light controllers, smart parking meters, and other geotechnical sensors. The TICK Stack is also used for infrastructure monitoring, as well as prototypes and innovation projects. Since OneMind requires real-time data analysis for distinct use cases, Worldsensing also tested the TICK Stack for generic time series data, alerts, aggregations, and anomaly detection. /p

Disruptive Factor

pMost organizations — from smart cities to construction sites to private entities — have operated in silos and haven’t shared any information. Worldsensing helps organizations transition to Connected Operational Intelligence by providing the data, efficiency and tools to optimize their operation and response capability. Yet not all industries and governments are prepared to leap into the new data strategies required to achieve Connected Operational Intelligence due to the complex architectures required. This is where Worldsensing technology steps in to make cities smarter and safer by providing the tools and visibility for operators to make faster, more informed decisions./p pWorldsensing builds business applications that integrate data from any third-party sensors — such as CCTV, weather stations, and vehicle counting sensors — and from other systems. Any API or any data in any format can be integrated. Worldsensing integrated third-party sensor data together with data to build custom solutions for cities and infrastructures all over the world. All of this is made possible through an intelligent IoT solution builder which is used to create business applications offering real-time intelligence and which are capable of data science (to enable predictions) and of integrating various data sources, including a time series database to collect and store sensor readings. /p

Shining Moment

pWorldsensing helps 200+ customers in 60 countries:/p ul lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/environmental-alerts/"Environmental Alerts/a/li lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/highway-accidents/"Highway Accidents/a/li lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/how-to-fast-track-finishing-tasks-for-construction-projects/"Finishing tasks for construction projects/a/li lia href="https://www.worldsensing.com/success-story/dengue-outbreak-monitoring/"Dengue outbreak monitoring/a/li liUnderground water level measurement of dams (Czech Republic)/li liParking monitoring (Perugia, Italy)/li liGroundwater monitoring (Oslo, Norway)/li liWireless monitoring of landfill (New Jersey)/li liTunnel monitoring (Grand Paris Metro Project)/li liWireless crack and tilt monitoring (Dallas)/li /ul