In the article “IoT based Smart Parking for Smart Cities” (2020), Joshi discusses the need for a smart parking system that will effectively reduce the time spent to find a parking space. Smart parking uses sensors to detect vacant parking spaces, which will then push the data to the cloud to provide ease of accessibility to users finding a lot. The data collected could also provide insight into the “correlations and movements of users”, which can be translated to potential business opportunities such as app developments and better traffic flow in the future. Joshi also mentions that the implementation of an Internet of Things (IoT) gateway will allow data to be “analysed and managed from a remote control center in real-time”, increasing efficiency and granting admins ample time to rectify faults promptly. The challenge, however, is for IoT solutions to transfer the necessary data to the cloud without discarding any current assets, utilising minimal resources and increasing ROI of the parking systems.
While the article presents a well-balanced view in which smart parking is able to benefit from the introduction of IoT, the challenges form a bias to search for the cost-effectiveness of the solution.
References:
Joshi, R. (2020, February 14). IoT based Smart Parking Systems for Smart Cities. HIOTRON. https://www.hiotron.com/smart-parking/
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