To measure noise and luminosity we walked our path on cold day of 30th December 2010. The picture from endomondo website (below) show our route registered by GPS:

Noise
Methodology
To measure
noise we used Iphone with Decibel application. We took measurements in 11 point
of route. Application we used showed 3 different values of sound in dB: average
level, peak level, maximum level. Detailed description on picture below.

Results
Here are results that we obtained:
Loudest
point: #2: Constitusions square (average
sound level: 93 dB)
Quietest
point: #9: Złote Tarasy shopping center (average sound level: 61 dB)
Common
noise levels for comparision:
- 40-50 dB:
quiet bedroom
- 50-60 dB:
private office
- 55-65 dB:
open office space
- 60-70dB:
conversation from 1m distance
Luminosity
Methodology
To measure
luminosity we used a camera with fixed settings. It allowed us to obtain
comparable frames from key points of our route. Pictures were made from the
same height (eye level) with axis of the lens parallel to ground.
Camera
settings:
- Film Speed: ISO
200
- Aperture: f/ 2.8,
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Results
As a result we got 11 pictures one from every point.
To get comparable number values of luminosity from these pictures we exported gray values of every picture (using Adobe Photoshop).
Here are the values:
The most interesting parameter that represents luminosity (brightness of the picture) is mean gray value of the picture.
Darkest point: #10 Warsaw Central Railway Station
Brightest point: #2 Constitutions Square
Noise and Luminosity
Combined results of noise and luminosity

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Sections
To
illustrate our research results we created charts drawn on space sections of
measurements points. 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In our work we were inspired by the book "Emotional Cartography - Technologies of the Self" edited by Christian Nold (2009) who i...Falses_annasliwka2011-02-03T20:46:22+00:00s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-09 11:05:26+00:002011-01-09 11:05:26updated9s_krystiankwiecinskis_Krystian Kwiecinski2011-01-07 18:40:48+00:002011-01-07 18:40:48updated8Added tag - hots_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 19:15:29+00:002011-01-06 19:15:29addTag7Added tag - ct1s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 19:15:26+00:002011-01-06 19:15:26addTag6s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 19:14:51+00:002011-01-06 19:14:51updated5s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 19:14:26+00:002011-01-06 19:14:26updated4s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 19:00:12+00:002011-01-06 19:00:12updated3s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 18:59:43+00:002011-01-06 18:59:43updated2First createds_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 18:23:50+00:002011-01-06 18:23:50created1weblog2011-01-09T11:05:26+00:00groups/citytagging/weblog/9228bFalseCT1_Noise_and_Luminosity_Research/groups/citytagging/weblog/9228b/CT1_Noise_and_Luminosity_Research.htmls_Paulina Kowalczyk9 updatesCT1_Noise_and_Luminosity_Research
To measure noise and luminosity we walked our path on cold day of 30th December 2010. The picture from endomondo website (below) show our route regi...Falses_paulinakowalczyk2011-01-09T11:05:26+00:00s_krystiankwiecinskis_Krystian Kwiecinski2011-01-07 18:40:18+00:002011-01-07 18:40:18updated13Added tag - hots_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-07 18:40:12+00:002011-01-07 18:40:12addTag12s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:10:56+00:002011-01-06 17:10:56updated11s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:06:53+00:002011-01-06 17:06:53updated10Added tag - ct5s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:06:47+00:002011-01-06 17:06:47addTag9Added tag - ct4s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:06:45+00:002011-01-06 17:06:45addTag8Added tag - ct3s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:06:42+00:002011-01-06 17:06:42addTag7Added tag - ct2s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:06:39+00:002011-01-06 17:06:39addTag6Added tag - ct1s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:06:37+00:002011-01-06 17:06:37addTag5s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:05:12+00:002011-01-06 17:05:12updated4s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:02:59+00:002011-01-06 17:02:59updated3s_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:02:39+00:002011-01-06 17:02:39updated2First createds_paulinakowalczyks_Paulina Kowalczyk2011-01-06 17:00:42+00:002011-01-06 17:00:42created1weblog2011-01-07T18:40:18+00:00groups/citytagging/weblog/42ee1FalseCT_MAP/groups/citytagging/weblog/42ee1/CT_MAP.htmls_Krystian Kwiecinski13 updatesCT_MAP
We chose one path for all 5 groups
[CT MAP - path]
Every group have to examine it in 11 measurement points using their methodology.
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After first test with "letter W" we decided to expand our research. We chose to collect not only GPS position during our walks but also informati...Falses_krystiankwiecinski2011-01-07T18:39:42+00:00hot/groups/citytagging/search/index.rss?sort=modifiedDate&kind=all&sortDirection=reverse&excludePages=wiki/welcomelist/groups/citytagging/search/?sort=modifiedDate&kind=all&sortDirection=reverse&excludePages=wiki/welcomeRecent ChangesRecentChangesListUpdates?sort=modifiedDate&kind=all&sortDirection=reverse&excludePages=wiki/welcome0/groups/citytagging/sidebar/RecentChangesListmodifiedDateallRecent ChangesRecentChangesListUpdateswiki/welcomeNo recent changes.reverse5search
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Malgorzata Hanzl
Feb 1, 2011
Do you have any conclusions?