Trailer locations
View current, previous and planned trailer deployments
With an increasing demand for data insights, the data trailer is available for council use to help inform capital works projects and funding applications.
See where the trailer is currently deployed, as well as previous and planned locations.
Where is the trailer now?
| Location: | Foundation Square, Maroochydore |
| Duration: | Tuesday 25 June - Friday 6 July 2024. |
| Purpose: | Councils Economic Development branch is hosting an event for Testing Tech in Paradise. As a component of the event, data produced by the trailer will be available to showcase the technology and capabilities to guests. |
Previous locations
See below where the trailer has previously deployed and how it is being used to support improved service delivery.
Ballinger Beach
Ballinger Beach
Duration:
Friday 12 April - Monday 06 May 2024.
Purpose:
To understand activity in the area, particularly beach access and Coastal Pathway usage.
Data provided will be used to help inform future planning and service delivery to the community.
Alexandra Headland
Alexandra Headland
Duration:
Friday 05 April - Friday 12 April 2024.
Purpose:
Counting vehicle, bicycle and pedestrians to understand how the area is being used.
Data produced can help characterise human mobility patterns on roads and footpaths at busy locations. This can help inform infrastructure design and urban planning, with patterns and quantities observed providing opportunity for improved service delivery.
Buderim Village Park
Buderim Village Park
Duration
Monday 18 March - Thursday 04 April 2024.
Purpose
To understand the use of park facilities, including movement and numbers of people and vehicles visiting Buderim Village Park.
Data produced by the trailer will be used to:
- Determine the numbers of visitors and levels of park, playground, and car park use.
- Understand park visitation patterns and duration of use.
- Inform future management and service delivery planning.
Maroochydore Council Depot (Wises Road)
Maroochydore Council Depot (Wises Road)
Duration
Tuesday 6 February - Monday 4 March 2024
Purpose
To ensure the object detection technology correctly counts the number and type of people and vehicles eg:
- cars, trucks, buses, and motorbikes
- pedestrians, scooters and cyclists.
These sensors do not collect any personally identifiable information, eg no face or number plate recognition.
Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary
Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary
Duration
Thursday 18 January - Monday 22 January 2024
Purpose
To determine quality of our communications network by testing signal improvement with an additional Internet of Things (IoT) gateway.
Results helped to inform decision making regarding investment into devices and sensors for the Wetlands Sanctuary.
Moondara Park, Wurtulla
Moondara Park, Wurtulla
Duration
Thursday 23 November – Monday 4 December 2023
Purpose
Ambient temperature sensors and a weather station collected environmental data such as air quality, wind speed, temperature and humidity.
This information was collected as part of the ‘How cool are our green urban forests?’ research project (in partnership with UniSC), to measure urban heat impacts on our communities (eg warmer temperatures), and address climate change concerns.
The Wurtulla deployment is part of a long-term environmental data collection project to provide evidence-based decision making to help adapt to the impacts of the urban heat island (UHI) effect, improve streetscape designs that cool down our surroundings, and improve our quality of life.
More information
Email [email protected], or contact the Smart City Team on (07) 5475 7272.
