SnowWatch: Snow Monitoring through Acquisition and Analysis of User-Generated Content
Roman Fedorov, Piero Fraternali, Chiara Pasini, Marco Tagliasacchi

TL;DR
SnowWatch is a system that leverages user-generated photos and webcam images to monitor snow conditions in the Alps, combining environmental data collection with an engaging social platform.
Contribution
It introduces an integrated system that automatically acquires and analyzes visual content from the public for snow monitoring purposes.
Findings
Successful integration of social media and webcam data for snow monitoring
Development of a user-friendly web portal for data collection and engagement
Potential for real-time snow condition updates using public visual content
Abstract
We present a system for complementing snow phenomena monitoring with virtual measurements extracted from public visual content. The proposed system integrates an automatic acquisition and analysis of photographs and webcam images depicting Alpine mountains. In particular, the technical demonstration consists in a web portal that interfaces the whole system with the population. It acts as an entertaining photo-sharing social web site, acquiring at the same time visual content necessary for environmental monitoring.
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Taxonomy
TopicsCryospheric studies and observations · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Geography Education and Pedagogy
