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VISIBLE CITY : AMSTERDAMunderstanding city dynamics through mobile devices

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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 > aggregated

> interpretation> processing > modeling

> time patterns> spatial patterns> flows, crowds

> real-time, operations> data mining, strategy

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~ 40 x 30 km

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Central Station

Rembrandtplein

Jordaan

WTC

Museumplein

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Arena

Zuid Oost

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World Trade Center

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MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

Aggregared call intensity

12:0006:00 18:00

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Source: bMA Amsterdam

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Central Station

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

Aggregared call intensity

00:00 12:0006:00 18:00

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Amsterdam Arena

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

Aggregared call intensity

00:00 12:0006:00 18:00

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Rembrandtplein

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

Aggregared call intensity

00:00 12:0006:00 18:00

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queensday

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Monday 28 May

Tuesday 29 May

Wednesday 30 April

Thursday 1 May

Friday 2 May

Saturday 3 May

Sunday 4 May

World Trade Center

Rembrandt Plein

World Trade Center

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Calls+SMS

RembrandtWTC

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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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