Thursday, May 4. 2006

Coming from Microsoft: Sense Web

EE Times reports on an open house hosted by Microsoft's research group held yesterday where Sense Web was shown. Sensors are placed in locations of interest and the data is delivered to Virtual Earth (VE). The project is expected to go live in the next few months.

The sensors collect and deliver data in real time. Nothing new there, but the examples given were different. A sensor might note the wait at a restaurant or track cars on the highway for better traffic information. Of particular interest is that Microsoft will offer tools for end users to link their sensors to a VE site. Get ready for sensor mashups!

This is all well and good; I do hope Microsoft is keeping an eye on developing sensor standards aimed specifically at making such data findable and useable on the Web. If not, they need to check out OGC Sensor Web soon.

Update 5/8: More coverage and images from Tech Review.

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