{"id":13185,"date":"2018-06-11T07:28:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=13185"},"modified":"2018-06-11T07:28:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T14:28:26","slug":"harness-real-time-data-for-smarter-cities-buildings-and-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/harness-real-time-data-for-smarter-cities-buildings-and-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Harness real-time data for smarter cities, buildings, and transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This article was co-authored by Christy Szoke<\/strong>, CoFounder\/CMO of Fathym, and the Azure Gov Team<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wherever you live, you\u2019re probably all too aware that inclement weather can have a serious impact on citizen safety and city budgets. And until recently, municipalities affected by changing road and weather conditions didn\u2019t have easy access to the data they needed to respond proactively. Now, thanks to recent advances in the <\/span>Internet of Things<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u> (IoT), communities can make faster, more informed decisions based on hyper-local road weather data, improving road safety and operational efficiency.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Fairbanks, Alaska, the state\u2019s Department of Transportation needed a way to make important decisions such as whether to de-ice the roads as a snowstorm approaches or during the storm. Fairbanks turned to IoT solutions provider <\/span>Fathym<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u> and their<\/span> WeatherCloud<\/a><\/span><\/u> solution, a sophisticated weather tracking product suite that provides a more complete understanding of real-time road weather utilizing <\/span>Azure IoT Hub<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fathym is continuing to deliver innovation built on Azure to simplify and accelerate the deployment of IoT solutions, extending their unique expertise in connecting real-time data from disparate sources to help organizations make better decisions. Michael Gearhardt, CTO of Fathym, says \u201cBecause Azure IoT Hub is an open and flexible cloud platform that supports open-source SDKs and multiple protocols, we\u2019re able to innovate faster to create new solutions for our customers, in both private and public sectors.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Because Fathym seamlessly merges data from disparate silos and sensors, it reduces the time to build enterprise-grade IoT solutions and data applications from months to just a few weeks, or even days. Fathym\u2019s tools are designed so operations staff can create and continuously evolve solutions that fit the needs of the organization, freeing up developers for other priorities. Fathym\u2019s <\/span>Data & Device Framework<\/a> is built for flexibility and collaboration, enabling users to easily filter and fuse data, pair data streams with visualizations, build any number of dashboards and apps, and re-configure solutions at any time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Transportation Departments are using Fathym to provide real-time weather data combined with input from IoT sensors to manage everything from repaving roads in the summer season to salting more efficiently in the winter season:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n