The Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project finally came to an end after three successful years of implementation, which resulted in a smart monitoring system of about 8,000 trees all over Hong Kong. In a recent closing ceremony, the system’s technology was officially transferred to the Tree Management Office of the HKSAR Government’s Development Bureau.
Developed by Prof. Charles Wong and his research team at the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI), the system involves a Smart Sensing Technology and Geographic Information Systems based platform to monitor changes in the environment and other relevant tree data. The leaning trends of trees installed with smart sensors were predicted by big data analysis, triggering safety inspections of trees whose tilting angles exceeded certain thresholds. Risks to passersby and surrounding properties can thus be averted.
Speaking at the ceremony, PolyU’s Executive Vice President, Dr Miranda Lou, thanked The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for their generous support in enabling PolyU to contribute to sustainable development and tree conservation through innovative research. The Under Secretary for Development, Mr Chun-san Liu, JP thanked the project team and expressed that the continued use of the system by the government can benefit the community in facilitating urban forestry management.
Developed by Prof. Charles Wong and his research team at the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI), the system involves a Smart Sensing Technology and Geographic Information Systems based platform to monitor changes in the environment and other relevant tree data. The leaning trends of trees installed with smart sensors were predicted by big data analysis, triggering safety inspections of trees whose tilting angles exceeded certain thresholds. Risks to passersby and surrounding properties can thus be averted.
Speaking at the ceremony, PolyU’s Executive Vice President, Dr Miranda Lou, thanked The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for their generous support in enabling PolyU to contribute to sustainable development and tree conservation through innovative research. The Under Secretary for Development, Mr Chun-san Liu, JP thanked the project team and expressed that the continued use of the system by the government can benefit the community in facilitating urban forestry management.
