E-Grounds @ City Lab
In 2004-2005, we completed the mapping of all lawns at
WPI onto GIS layers. The students
developed a system that will optimize the maintenance of the grounds in all
seasons. The current system analyzes
lawns with respect to mowing, planting, pruning, fertilizing, mulching, disease
prevention and landscaping in order to maximize the aesthetic value of the
campus and minimize maintenance costs.
Our system allows for the (re-)allocation of economic and human resources
in the context of desired “levels of service” to maintain the WPI grounds at a
level that contributes to the campus attractiveness to both visitors and
prospective students. In 2005-2006, the
project will extend to flower beds and other plantings, such as shrubs and
hedges.
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