PetrolWatch facilitate price comparisons of fuel at different locations. Instead of manually reporting the prices, the participants use their mobile phones to take pictures of the displayed prices.
| Application metadata | |
|---|---|
| Area of expertise | Auditing prices |
| Application name | PetrolWatch |
| Website | |
| Platforms | Android |
| Sensors | Camera, GPS, Wireless |
| License of source code | Open |
| Cost for use | Free |
| Engaging level | Opportunistic |
| Incentive techniques | Collective |
| Type of access | Authenticated |
| Proposition paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Automatic collection of fuel prices from a network of mobile cameras. |
| Url | http://www.cse.unsw.com.au/~ctchou/papers/dong-dcoss08.pdf |
| Citation | Dong, Yi Fei, et al. "Automatic image capturing and processing for petrolwatch." Networks (ICON), 2011 17th IEEE International Conference on. IEEE, 2011. |
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