The Internet of Things is the inter-networking of physical devices, vehicles, buildings, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity which enable these objects to collect and exchange data.

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Local Government Use Cases
- Air Quality Monitoring
- Flood Level Monitoring
- Pedestrian Safety Monitoring
- People Counting15
- Smart Bins
- Smart Meters
- Barrier sensors
- Smart Parking
- Smart Street Lighting
- Traffic Management
- Water Quality Monitoring
Related Pages
- Artificial Intelligence
- Local Government Future Technology Special Interest Group
- LoRaWAN
- SCADA
- SigFox
- Smart City
Contributors
The following site members have contributed to this page:
Collaborators
The following people have indicated (via the Local Government Collaboration Topics Survey) that they have an interest and/or expertise in the topic of 'internet of things' and are willing to collaborate with their peers at other councils to identify challenges and resources relating to the topic and to look for ways to work together to overcome any challenges that are identified.
- Ben Clark (City of Tea Tree Gully)
- Chris Saunders (Glenelg Shire)
- John van Nieuwkerk (Corangamite Shire)
- Kamal Ranaweera (City of Logan)
- Mark Noonan (City of Whittlesea) E
- Michael Constantinou (Banyule City Council) EL
- Quenten Graham (Swan Hill Rural City Council)
- Reece Hamblin (Wagga Wagga City Council) E
- Robert Powell (Banyule City Council) E
- Shaan Bajwa (Local Government Victoria)
- Shweta Babbar (Glen Eira City Council) E
- Wayne Eddy (City of Whittlesea)
External Links & References
- Wikipedia
- Google Search
- The Things Network
- Meshed
- Smart bus shelters City of Ryde
- Barrier sensor
- IoTHUB
- Using LoRa to build a 'Fitbit for Sydney' - IoTHUB (July 2016)
- Meshed brings LoRaWAN to Brisbane - IoTHUB (October 2016)
- A SMART digital revolution for Wollongong - University of Wollongong (May 2017)
- Council introduces smart bins to Bondi - IoTHUB (June 2017)
- How Ipswich City Council uses LoRaWAN - IoTHUB (July 2017)
- Community Internet of Things Australia - Paul McManus (August 2017)
- The Things Network - Melbourne
- Smart cities using Internet of Things Solutions - IoT World
- Thinxtra
- People Counting Made Easy