The document discusses data presentation and geospatial data. It covers experimenting with new applications of existing technology, focusing on the medium and context of use when presenting data. It also discusses issues with representing locations and polygons with single points (centroids) and the need for problem maps that show meta-level understandings rather than just algorithms. The document advocates for an iterative design process focused on the user experience.
2. How Did I Get Here? ‘ Winking Jesus’ Information Anxiety (living in NYC) OOW Leverage new applications of existing technology (with significant r&d) Experiment Iterate Fail Iterate Succeed (technically) + + + + + + + = +
8. The New Era of Geodata Everything that can be located, will be Non-standardized Heuristically-based Temporal Data as an attribute User-generated/collaborative/decentralized Beyond open source
9. Context of Use Mode Environment Constraint Ambulatory Driving Public Transit Bicycle Urban Rural Indoor Temporal Technical Logistical Ambulatory Urban Ambulatory Indoor Public Transit Urban Bicycle Urban Domain Opportunity Product Definition
10. ‘ How Location Aware are You?’ Range of Uncertainty Platforms are context-dependent
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13. Centroid Issue (or Polygon Problem) Polygons are irregular Reducing a book to a single word (centroid) Who knows?
-Out of work, 9/11, recession -City of world class complexity -Unique printing process, used only for promotional purposes. Tech improved, applied in novel ways
Note lawsuit
Forget about the substrate
Reuse/repurpose digital assets for another medium
Savory or sweet? Data on its own has little value. There’s a lot of it out there
-GPS, cell id, wifi, hybrid geolocation tools -When: KML supports this, eventful, upcoming, zvents, meetup -attribute: data ain’t nothing w/o context- arms race in imagery, but utility of eye candy is limited- we need to know when museum is open, where to enter, price of admission. We know this, but it’s not integrated with pictures. -Community defines the data -National mapping agencies are stifling us
What data do we want, when and how? Streetcorner w phone diff than 34th fl of acme bldg A framework. Allows for segmentation by use intent
Do we know how certain we are? Depends on devices, neccessity
What to do with a dataset in the middle? Who is the arbiter, the authority? UMI Urbanware--no clear standard. Let’s make one Taxonomy - administrative, political, standardized Folksonomy - User generated, collaborative, tagged
Complex polygon to circle Is the user aware? Product manager?