Development of WILMS: Well inform landslide monitoring system for USM healthy campus

Abstract

Slope monitoring system was installed for the purpose of monitoring the hill development for student accommodation which houses three main blocks of hostels. This was implemented under a special programme known as Healthy Campus which covers all aspects conducive to student, staff and environment. A full package of pilot study has been conducted by a group of experts in the field to run a monitoring and mitigation systemfor Universiti SainsMalaysia (USM) hostels. WILMS (Well-Inform Landslides Monitoring System) is a real-time web monitoring system which integrates the use of SMS (Short Messaging Services) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Services) technology to inform and to alert users of different needs about the presence of a pessimistic change in land stability. The uniqueness of this application is that it makes monitoring job easier, without needing constant human power while maintaining accurate data acquisition cocpyntinuously and reducing human errors. This method is offering cheaper solution as well as sustaining environmental issues. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.