Open Environmental Sensing and Inference SystemParcel-first sensing and situational intelligence

Program

Roadmap

The full program has long-range scope. Read phases as a now / next / later story: Active and Next describe what the initiative is emphasizing now and immediately after; Planned phases are direction — not a claim that later-stage capabilities are already operational. For the problem and evidence model in plain language, see Why it matters and How it works.

Active engineering lanes span v0.1 through v0.5: from the reference pipeline (one indoor node, full ingest-to-view path) through outdoor sensing, flood coverage, trust scoring with node registry, and governance enforcement. Packet status is tracked separately, and depending on release cut some lanes may remain partial or deferred; verify against the v1.0 scope table. Three hazard tracks — smoke, heat, flood — produce derived statuses for shelter, reentry, egress, and asset risk. A later capability stage (v1.5) bridges from measurement to intervention with indoor-response and outage-aware support surfaces so the system does not dead-end as a sensor dashboard.

Expectations belong on a patient timeline: the most consequential value — trusted parcel-scale practice, neighborhood adoption, and verified loops in the field — will most likely compound over many years, not inside a single phase label.

Program scope

Open Environmental Sensing and Inference System (OESIS) is a parcel-first environmental sensing and inference program. It combines sensing, parcel inference, governance, neighborhood intelligence, and pilot deployment while keeping parcel-linked data private by default. Long term, it aims to support predictive software for local climate-related conditions and hazards using local observations, parcel context, public data, and optional neighborhood evidence. The parcel remains the anchor for decisions as the program grows. Outputs are meant to complement official alerts and emergency authorities, not replace them.

  • Modular hardware and software that scale from one parcel to networks
  • Explicit governance: private by default, shared by choice
  • Long-term path from field pilots to broader shared intelligence

Current build scope

The runtime covers indoor, outdoor, and flood sensing at one parcel, with multi-node evidence composition, trust scoring, and governance enforcement. All acceptance tests pass through v1.0. The next focus is field pilot deployment, hardware verification, and product surfaces.

  • v0.1–v1.0 acceptance-gated: six runtime lanes with structural and value-level tests
  • Trust-scored parcel state with five-factor quality model
  • Governance enforcement: consent, revocation, retention, and export at API level

Ten phases

Phased roadmap

For narrative context on why these phases exist, see Program. Engineering-style version labels and intermediate capabilities remain documented there for implementers.

  1. Reference pipeline (v0.1)

    Complete

    Prove the full pipeline end to end: one parcel, one bench-air node, one ingest path, one parcel-facing output with evidence modes and reasons.

    Main deliverables

    • One bench-air indoor node through ingest and inference to parcel view
    • Single hazard track (smoke/air quality) with evidence modes and confidence
    • Evidence modes (local_only, local_plus_public, public_only, insufficient) with plain-language reasons
    • Contrastive explanations showing fused result vs public-only baseline

  2. Indoor + outdoor sensing (v0.2)

    Complete

    Add mast-lite outdoor node alongside bench-air, proving two-node operation at one parcel.

    Main deliverables

    • Mast-lite sheltered outdoor node build and ingest path
    • Two-node parcel operation (indoor + outdoor)
    • Combined evidence from both lineages in parcel view

  3. Flood-capable runtime (v0.3)

    Complete

    Add flood-node as a third sensor lineage, proving multi-hazard parcel awareness.

    Main deliverables

    • Flood-node hardware and ingest path
    • Three-node parcel operation covering smoke, heat, and flood
    • Hazard-specific evidence composition

  4. Trust scoring & node registry (v0.4)

    Complete

    Bind multiple nodes to one parcel through a registry and score evidence quality with trust gates.

    Main deliverables

    • Node registry binding sensors to parcels
    • Five-factor trust scoring: freshness, node health, calibration, install quality, source diversity
    • Trust-scored parcel state output with penalty log

  5. Governance enforcement (v0.5)

    Complete

    Implement consent, revocation, retention cleanup, and export — proving governance is operational, not just documented.

    Main deliverables

    • Consent and revocation enforcement in the runtime
    • Retention cleanup with named owners and schedule
    • Rights processing and export bundles
    • Sharing enabled only with matching policy

  6. Interior response & verification (v1.0)

    Complete

    Bridge from measurement to intervention: relate outdoor hazards to indoor conditions with bounded verification — not assumed success.

    Main deliverables

    • House state and capability as inference inputs
    • Intervention event tracking with verification windows
    • Closed-loop summaries with PM2.5 delta tracking
    • Contrastive explanations and divergence analysis

  7. Block-scale sparse inference

    Planned

    Introduce shared signals derived from parcel-first evidence across nearby parcels.

    Main deliverables

    • Sparse shared inference with uneven adoption
    • Route, drainage, and edge dependency modeling
    • Policy-gated shared outputs

  8. Neighborhood coordination layer

    Planned

    Make neighborhood-scale coordination a first-class product concern.

    Main deliverables

    • Shared neighborhood priors and context
    • Operational neighborhood layer distinct from block-only views
    • Clear upgrade path from parcel to network semantics

  9. Federation & interoperability

    Planned

    Let independent local systems exchange coarse signals and policies without collapsing ownership.

    Main deliverables

    • Federation patterns and governance boundaries
    • Interoperability for status layers across communities
    • Technical contracts for cross-system exchange

  10. City-scale federation

    Planned

    Connect larger areas while preserving local control and parcel-first rules.

    Main deliverables

    • City-scale coordination narratives and limits
    • Long-horizon governance and trust models
    • Optional links to civic and institutional partners
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