Urban Environments
Localization and mapping in urban environments using mobile Robots
... 6. C ONCLUSION AND F UTURE W ORK This paper addressed the problem of mapping and lo- calization in large urban environments We proposed two algorithms for localization (gps-based and map-based) and two map ...
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The impact of walking in different urban environments on brain activity in older people
... busy urban environments, and this may be a barrier to people remaining active in the com- munity in older age, as well as increasing vulnerability to falls (a leading cause of hospitalisation in people aged ...
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Information Rich 3D Computer Modeling of Urban Environments
... to urban regions will increasingly need to represent these complex environments using three-dimensional ...model urban environments, but these may not all achieve the desired end ...
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Wireless localization for mmWave networks in urban environments
... mmWave urban networks using even a single ...the urban corner pro- vides better localization performance due to availabil- ity of larger number of NLOS ...dense urban environments with ...
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Wayfinding in unfamiliar urban environments
... Human wayfinding research examines: “how people find their ways in the physical world, what they need to find it, how they communicate directional information, and how people’s verbal and visual abilities influence ...
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Modelling virtual urban environments
... In terms of the exemplars illustrated here, each one is under continual development. The entire area is under very rapid development at present and many of the ideas, particularly those of linking different media and of ...
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Information Rich 3D Computer Modeling of Urban Environments
... to urban regions will increasingly need to represent these complex environments using three-dimensional ...model urban environments, but these may not all achieve the desired end ...
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Imagining the city: using fiction to explore urban environments
... Invisible Cities (1974), to both understand how travelers first experience the city, and to inform the design of interactive experiences. Calvino (1974) writes that travelers first visiting the city can see its shape, ...
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The Effects of Urban Environments on Trees and Their Herbivores.
... in urban areas due to their perceived superiority for supporting wildlife or based on an argument that they are better adapted to local conditions than exotic species (Kendle & Rose 2000; Chalker-Scott 2015; ...
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Border Patrol: Professional Jurisdictions in Sustainable Urban Environments
... sustainable urban futures requires much more flexibility than the existing professional system exhibits through specialization norms and jurisdictional defense ...
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Translating cities: The use of digital technologies in urban environments
... modern urban planning two main objectives were settled: to sanitise the city, turning it into a healthier place to live, and to reform the city living itself, providing modern and more efficient public ...
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Lab in a Brick: An Unobtrusive Unattended Sensor for Urban Environments.
... The sensor platform is composed of one clay brick as the exterior veneer and thermal insulation, a solar panel, four thermoelectric generators, energy harvesting and control circuitry,[r] ...
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Nocturnal new particle formation events in urban environments
... Overall, this study found that nocturnal NPF events were a significant source of ultrafine particles in an urban environment; however, more studies need to be undertaken in order to dete[r] ...
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Mechanisms of ecosystem stability for kelp beds in urban environments
... radiata survival assay Statistical analysis Results Reefscape level changes to kelp bed dynamics Sea urchin biomass Sea urchin grazing rates Macroalgal dynamics Invasibility by turfing a[r] ...
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Benefits of and barriers to creating healthy and active urban environments
... Final thoughts • Geography, traffic & streetscape affect community development and wellbeing in Christchurch • We can plan to create resilient, active urban communities • Social infrastr[r] ...
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Biodiversity of the urban environment: the importance of indigenous species and the role urban environments can play in their preservation
... There are a considerable (and often surprising) number of rare and threatened species in urban areas because natural or wild environments in these cultural landsc[r] ...
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Correlation for Multi-Frequency Propagation in Urban Environments
... The aim of this paper is to experimentally evaluate the correlation between different frequency bands of shadowing and small-scale fading. The considered frequency bands are the GSM-900, GSM-1800 and UMTS (2100 MHz) ...
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Quiet technologies for deliveries in urban environments
... in urban areas, there was little correlation shown between noise levels and annoyance, instead site typology impacted upon the perceived annoyance, where for the same value of day equivalent level, 10% more people ...
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Procedural modelling of urban environments
... By preserving the similarities and ex ploiting the variation between tree based representations of input patterns, we can infer stochastic production grammars capable of generating hund[r] ...
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Evaluating the multiple benefits of a Blue-Green Vision for urban surface water management
... allow urban environments to follow the principles of Blue-Green Cities by maximising the opportunities to achieve multiple benefits of Blue-Green approaches to surface water and flood risk ...an ...
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