IMPRINtS - Internet and Mobile technologies for a Public Role In Noise Surveying

IMPRINTS - 互联网和移动技术在噪声测量中的公共作用

• 批准号: EP/E06552X/1
• 负责人: Ian Drumm
• 金额: $ 22.79万
• 依托单位: University of Salford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FE06552X%2F1
• 关键词: IMPRINtS; Internet; Mobile; technologies; Public

Summary Soundscapes, like landscapes, have and important role in our lives. Just like a view from an office or bedroom window, a soundscape can help make us feel comfortable, productive and happy or make us feel uneasy and distracted. There will always be some noise in our environment, be it the rustle of leaves, humming PCs, noisy neighbours or the many other sounds we hear in our daily lives. Without soundscapes our lives would lack the contextual references that help contribute to the quality of our lives; though clearly there's fine line between welcome everyday bustle and noise nuisance. Getting the balance right is a challenge for planning, development and construction, and a challenge for how we as individuals choose to spend each day. Traditionally, professionals are used to measure and assess noise issues using expensive and dedicated equipment. It is the intention of this project to exploit mobile phones and computers to allow a large number of people to engage in noise measurement and assessment, and so give the public a more active role in how their soundscape is shaped. By giving the public the tools to enable them to make noise measurements, it is possible for upstream engagement to be carried out because the public can be more involved in the noise issues from the begining of, say, a development process. In corporation with SEPOINT Manchester, the technologies and procedures of the IMPRINtS project will be developed in schools by engaging students in Key Stage 4 activities relating to environmental science. Nowadays mobile phones can be quite a sophisticated sound sampling and analysing devices, and many people have access to PCs linked to the internet. The IMPRINtS project seeks to exploit these new technologies in a way that is both novel and capable of gathering an unprecedented amount of important environmental noise data. During the development, students will follow practical experiments that utilise IMPRINTs software on mobile phones alongside other sound recording devices to investigate their daily soundscape and their relationship with it. This stage will allow the formative evaluation of the software and website and so enable improvements to be made. Then, IMPRINtS will raise public awareness of soundscapes and our relationship to them by engaging people in a large national survey to measure and characterise the huge variety of soundscapes in Britain. A publicity campaign will be launched in the national media to get participants. Members of the public who come to the IMPRINtS web site will be able to download free software to install on their mobile phone and PCs. The software will allow participants to sample and analyse the variety of soundscapes that play an important role in their everyday lives. All IMPRINtS asks is that users make a series samples of different suggested soundscapes at some suggested times are upload to the IMPRINtS central server. IMPRINtS will ask, via some simple online questionnaires, about the participants own impressions of these soundscapes and the features of them that contribute or detract from the quality of their lives. The results of the national survey event will be published online and in the national media. Online material on issues of environment noise and also ways for the public to influence their environment e.g. via involvement with urban planning will be provided.

摘要音景，像风景一样，在我们的生活中扮演着重要的角色。就像从办公室或卧室的窗户看到的景色一样，声景可以让我们感到舒适，高效和快乐，或者让我们感到不安和分心。我们的环境中总会有一些噪音，无论是树叶的沙沙声，嗡嗡作响的电脑，嘈杂的邻居还是我们在日常生活中听到的许多其他声音。如果没有音景，我们的生活将缺乏有助于提高我们生活质量的上下文参考;尽管很明显，在受欢迎的日常喧嚣和噪音滋扰之间存在细微的界限。取得正确的平衡是规划、发展和建设的挑战，也是我们个人选择如何度过每一天的挑战。传统上，专业人士使用昂贵的专用设备来测量和评估噪音问题。这个项目的目的是利用移动的电话和电脑，让大量的人参与噪音测量和评估，从而让公众在如何塑造他们的声景方面发挥更积极的作用。通过向公众提供工具，使他们能够进行噪音测量，可以进行上游参与，因为公众可以从例如发展过程的开始就更多地参与噪音问题。在与SEPOINT曼彻斯特公司，IMPRINtS项目的技术和程序将在学校开发的关键阶段4有关环境科学活动的学生参与。如今，移动的电话可以是相当复杂的声音采样和分析设备，许多人可以访问连接到互联网的PC。IMPRINtS项目旨在以一种既新颖又能够收集前所未有的重要环境噪声数据的方式利用这些新技术。在开发过程中，学生将在移动的手机上使用IMPRINTs软件以及其他录音设备进行实际实验，以调查他们的日常声音环境及其与之的关系。这个阶段将允许对软件和网站进行形成性评估，从而进行改进。然后，IMPRINtS将通过让人们参与一项大型的全国性调查来衡量和评估英国各种各样的音景，从而提高公众对音景以及我们与音景关系的认识。将在国家媒体上发起宣传运动，吸引参与者。访问IMPRINtS网站的公众成员将能够下载免费软件安装在他们的移动的手机和个人电脑上。该软件将允许参与者对在他们日常生活中发挥重要作用的各种音景进行采样和分析。所有IMPRINtS要求的是，用户在一些建议的时间制作一系列不同的建议音景样本，并上传到IMPRINtS中央服务器。IMPRINtS将通过一些简单的在线问卷调查，询问参与者对这些音景的印象，以及这些音景的特征对他们生活质量的贡献或减损。全国调查活动的结果将在网上和国家媒体上公布。将提供关于环境噪音问题的在线材料，以及公众影响其环境的方式，例如通过参与城市规划。