The Use of the Internet of Things Technology in Collecting Environmental Information of Agricultural Lands using Sensor Observation Service

Subject Areas : Agriculture, rangeland, watershed and forestry

Nima Ghasemloo ¹ , Ali Akbar Matkan ² , Abbas Alimohammadi ³ , Hossein Aghighi ⁴ , babak mirbagheri ⁵

1 - Phd. Student, Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - .Professor, Department of GIS Engineering, Faculty of Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering, Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
5 - Assistant Professor, Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-02-28 Accepted : 2022-05-16 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: smart agriculture, Internet of Things, sensor, sensor observation service, Open Geospatial Consortium, Spatial Data Infrastructure,

Abstract :

The challenges of food production in the 21st century make the employment of modern agricultural technologies increasingly vital due to population growth. The Internet of Things (IoT( is critical in changing traditional technology into modern technology, and it could help smart agriculture reduce waste and increase output. The integrated use of this technology in large metropolitan or national areas is problematic since data producers employ various formats and standards to implement the IoT. One of the most challenging aspects of utilizing the IoT in agriculture is gathering the collected data and displaying it online and in a standard format. This research has examined a method for receiving information from sensors, storing it, and presenting it in a standard context utilizing IoT technology. The result of this research shows that the sensor's data and their observations can be recorded in a standard format using the standard sensor observation service from the Open Geospatial Consortium. An integrated platform is built using spatial data infrastructure. In fact, using a standard format reduces the number of services requested and the parameters associated with the sensor name, retrieval time, and sensor position. Therefore, the output of sensor observations in the spatial portal of spatial data infrastructure will be more easily accessible than methods that use only web services. The use of spatial data infrastructure makes it possible to display sensor data alongside other spatial layers. Using this method, agricultural environmental data collected using sensors are more easily provided to farmers and decision-makers instantly and online.