April 24, 2006
Google Presentation
Today we had an opportunity to present our project to Chris Dibona who is Open Source Project Manager at Google.
This was the power point we showed him. We only had 20 minutes for the Power Point and the demo.
Urbanism is the opportunity for chance encounters with people who are different than yourself. The maps for each city are mash-ups that include 3 different ‘feeds’: popularity, most recently updated, and a random seeding ensuring the dense and information rich environments are created at the city level.
No one reads on the world wide web, they engage in pattern recognition. As ubiquitous and mobile computing help the internet permeate the built environment, it is important to figure out how images and icons will be situated spatially.
We are designing this site to have synergies with GPS enabled cameras and cell phones, under the assumption that they will be ubiquitous within a 2-3 years, as they already are in Japan.
Right now blogs predominately organize their information based on time. What would happen if information was organized spatially as well?
Spatial geoblogging may be particularly appropriate for cataloguing, and community GIS projects. Here Zack documents electricity outlets in alleyways for a quick charge to your cell phone or to put on an impromptu DJ show.
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