VISIBLE CITY : AMSTERDAM
understanding city dynamics through mobile devices
Euro Beinat
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> Growing interest in urban dynamics
> How many people are in that area?
> Where is traffic piling up?
> What percentage of people have left the area?
> What is the current demand and supply of public
transportation?
> How much CO2 was emitted today?
> How many people will look at that billboard?
> What’s the hottest spot in town now?
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> People create the dynamics of the city
> A telecom network is a natural candidate to sense this
dynamics
> It addresses the collective behavior of the city, rather
than the physical parameters of the city
> It provides a new layer of information for essential
services, in the public and private sector
> … and also opens technical and ethical challenges
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> anonymous > interpretation > time patterns
> aggregated > processing > spatial patterns
> modeling > flows, crowds
> real-time, operations
> data mining, strategy
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~ 40 x 30 km
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Central Station
Jordaan
Rembrandtplein
Museumplein
WTC
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Arena
Zuid Oost
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World Trade Center
Monday
Tuesday
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
00:00 06:00 12:00 18:00
Aggregared call intensity
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Source: bMA Amsterdam
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Central Station
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
00:00 06:00 12:00 18:00
Aggregared call intensity
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Amsterdam Arena
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
00:00 06:00 12:00 18:00
Aggregared call intensity
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Rembrandtplein
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
00:00 06:00 12:00 18:00
Aggregared call intensity
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queensday
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Rembrandt Plein
World Trade Center
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World Trade Center
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WTC
Rembrandt
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Calls+SMS
30 April
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> How many people are in that area?
> Where is traffic piling up?
> What percentage of people have left the area?
> What is the current demand and supply of public
transportation?
> How much CO2 was emitted today?
> How many people will look at that billboard?
> What’s the hottest spot in town now?
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