A sensor control device for a connected lighting system, said connected lighting system comprising multiple luminaires arranged in a region, the sensor control device comprising - a receiving unit arranged to receive sensor data from multiple sensors arranged in the region, each sensor being associated with a sub-region comprised in the region, the sensor data being indicative of one or more occupant locations of occupants in the sub-region and/or multiple illuminance levels at multiple different points in the sub-region, - a processing unit arranged to - obtain from the received sensor data the occupant locations in the respective sub-region associated with the sensor data and/or the multiple illuminance levels for the multiple points in the respective sub-region associated with the sensor data, - integrate occupancy states for the multiple occupant locations and/or the multiple illuminance levels for the multiple points into an integrated region-wide occupancy and/or illuminance map, characterised by - the sensor control device further comprising a virtual sensor location storage storing a virtual sensor location in the region of a virtual sensor for occupancy and/or illuminance, and - the processing unit further arranged to - define a virtual sensor at the virtual sensor location and compute an occupancy state and/or illuminance level for the virtual sensor from the virtual sensor location and the integrated region-wide occupancy and/or illuminance map, - use the occupancy state and/or illuminance level from the virtual sensor to control a luminaire of the multiple luminaires, the luminaire covering the virtual sensor location in the region. - a receiving unit arranged to receive sensor data from multiple sensors arranged in the region, each sensor being associated with a sub-region comprised in the region, the sensor data being indicative of one or more occupant locations of occupants in the sub-region and/or multiple illuminance levels at multiple different points in the sub-region, - a processing unit arranged to - obtain from the received sensor data the occupant locations in the respective sub-region associated with the sensor data and/or the multiple illuminance levels for the multiple points in the respective sub-region associated with the sensor data, - integrate occupancy states for the multiple occupant locations and/or the multiple illuminance levels for the multiple points into an integrated region-wide occupancy and/or illuminance map, - obtain from the received sensor data the occupant locations in the respective sub-region associated with the sensor data and/or the multiple illuminance levels for the multiple points in the respective sub-region associated with the sensor data, - integrate occupancy states for the multiple occupant locations and/or the multiple illuminance levels for the multiple points into an integrated region-wide occupancy and/or illuminance map, - the sensor control device further comprising a virtual sensor location storage storing a virtual sensor location in the region of a virtual sensor for occupancy and/or illuminance, and - the processing unit further arranged to - define a virtual sensor at the virtual sensor location and compute an occupancy state and/or illuminance level for the virtual sensor from the virtual sensor location and the integrated region-wide occupancy and/or illuminance map, - use the occupancy state and/or illuminance level from the virtual sensor to control a luminaire of the multiple luminaires, the luminaire covering the virtual sensor location in the region. - define a virtual sensor at the virtual sensor location and compute an occupancy state and/or illuminance level for the virtual sensor from the virtual sensor location and the integrated region-wide occupancy and/or illuminance map, - use the occupancy state and/or illuminance level from the virtual sensor to control a luminaire of the multiple luminaires, the luminaire covering the virtual sensor location in the region.