*5.3. Broader Impacts of This Study*

In this work, we introduced a cloud-based data storage and visualization tool for smart city IoT projects that can be leveraged by researchers in academia and industry to quickly prototype applications, allowing them to promptly evaluate the impact of their solutions in the real world. The low cost and maintenance requirements of cloud solutions can enable a higher range of experimentation and collaboration between smart city projects, combining IoT data accessibility with computational resources for modeling and simulation. Furthermore, lowering the barrier-to-entry of cloud systems can foster the development of new smart city solutions, supporting more environmentally and economically sustainable communities.
