Open source electromagnetic field monitoring as e-government service

Deployment of new mobile telecommunication services is causing a fast growth of the number of transmission stations installed in our environment, possibly resulting in an increased risk to human health. In the framework of planning transmission equipment deployment, a careful management of electromagnetic and acoustical impact is of paramount importance, as well as environmentconscious disposal of waste. This paper proposes the Open Source electromagnetic Field Monitor (OSE-FM), an innovative e-Government service for computing electromagnetic field levels. OSEFM focuses on the integration of Open source WebGIS components, and on the implementation of advanced models for the approximate calculation of the Electromagnetic Field.