Pedestrian monitoring system data visualisation

Pedestrian monitoring system data visualisation

Melbourne City Council have implemented a 24-hour pedestrian monitoring system (24PM)  which measures pedestrian activity in the central city and Docklands precincts each day.  The system, comprises 18 sensors and counts pedestrian movements to give the City of Melbourne a better understanding of how people use these precincts to support place based management and  the  plan for future needs. The online visualisation tool (http://www.pedestrian.melbourne.vic.gov.au/) created by OOM Creative, is an interactive map of these sensor locations, which enables users to see pedestrian counts on particular dates and times and compare data both spatially and temporally. This is an interesting application of visualisation for enabling decision-makers to explore urban space and place and has a number of possible application including, streetscape design and planning, traffic management, major event management etc…

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