[At this point in the Expo, nothing looked interesting to me, so I went to this presentation. So much of the information was new that I wasn't quite up on it, but it was a fascinating session anyway, jam-packed with lots of interesting information. Since GPS and mapping is not at all my area of expertise (or knowledge), many of my notes are just transcriptions of their slides. Use them together to come up with explanations. At least you can follow the links to see what kinds of programs they're talking about.]
They've been nice enough to post their presentation promptly:
Part 1: The state of the geospatial web - presented by Andrew Turner.
Trends in the geoweb - what's really going on locative media and technology. web aligned - KML, etc.
Open data what's building the geoweb. People can gather data on their own. Asides from infrastructure data, every web service is adding geography, even on Flickr - namely Geocodr. It's continually being created [many cellphones and camera include geotagging].
How do you gather all this data together? Mapufacture - mapucommons. Finder.
The speakers felt that user-generated geospatial content is a key to more creation. They noted example of submissions for Hurricaine Katrina.
Trends in the geoweb - what's really going on locative media and technology. web aligned - KML, etc.
Open data what's building the geoweb. People can gather data on their own. Asides from infrastructure data, every web service is adding geography, even on Flickr - namely Geocodr. It's continually being created [many cellphones and camera include geotagging].
How do you gather all this data together? Mapufacture - mapucommons. Finder.
The speakers felt that user-generated geospatial content is a key to more creation. They noted example of submissions for Hurricaine Katrina.
Another trend: mobile devices have GPS tagging.
Socialight - placemarking with cellphones or other mobile GPS data.
Resulting devices thanks to Google's Android Developers Challenge innovations: Wertago, Life360
Software such as Omnifocus for the Mac, iPhone app: ambient location info can tell you what needs to be done near byou
Urbanspoon can provide you with nearby restaurant recommendations. They hope to understand users more by soliciting reviews.
Mapvertising - geolocation advertising (ways to monetize this new info).
Geomods - urban mapping.
Privacy issues -- geoprivacy? On Flickr - there is casual privacy, and ways to control it to an extent.Socialight - placemarking with cellphones or other mobile GPS data.
Resulting devices thanks to Google's Android Developers Challenge innovations: Wertago, Life360
Software such as Omnifocus for the Mac, iPhone app: ambient location info can tell you what needs to be done near byou
Urbanspoon can provide you with nearby restaurant recommendations. They hope to understand users more by soliciting reviews.
Mapvertising - geolocation advertising (ways to monetize this new info).
Geomods - urban mapping.
Some other developments in geography and the web:
Yahoo's Fire Eagle Platform (here's a press release from PC mag ) - a "trusted location broker," an arbiter of trusted locations.
NeoCartography - company that develops mapping applications.
Everyblock.com - focusing on data on top of street, rather than the street.
Opencycleroute.org - render maps for bicycles, car, etc. seeking accurate depictions of roads
Geocommons maker - project (to launch soon) to help you design your own map.
GeoAnalysis - environmental database management.
Part 2: Technologies - presented by Mikel Maron.
Case study: mapping the 2008 Burning Man event which is "a blank canvas on which to dream and create anything." A single week long social experiment.
They thought it was a good test of Where 2.0: open, collaborative, amateur, cheap, iterative.
Tools for amateur remote sensing:
pictearth.com, diydrones.ning.com, openaerialmap.org
GeoDjango - platform city layout (django is a platforM)
MapWarper - for rectifying online maps
Mapserver - open source tool kit for map making [site was a little buggy when I tried it]
OpenLayers - allows to put a dynamic map on any web page.
In the future:
- Pinax for networking [probably means PinaxProject ]
- BRC media artifacts are socvial objects
- city layout and camp planning tool
mkgmap: osm to garmin maps or cGPSMapper
vehicle tracking
OpenStreetMap
OpenViewProject
Gigapan
..."our new tools will allow us the leverage to pull ourselves up from the ashes and build ourselves anew."
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