C6.1 - Investigation of environmental influences on wireless localization techniques for outdoor applications

Repeatedly, there are many victims caused by landslides. To warn the people for a threatening landslide we developing a monitoring system for unstable slopes, dikes and shores. The measure system based on autonomous, wireless sensor nodes. These nodes forming a grid in which the distances between the nodes will be observed continuously. In case of any instability, the system is able to detect minimal ground movements and can send an emergency signal to a geographic information system to warn the competent authorities. The main challenges of the development process are first the realization of a self-organized power supply and second the determination of environmental influences for the outdoor localization witch will be discussed within this contribution.