Where2 0 & neogeography (spatial@gov)

Where 2.0: Impressions from the world of ‘neo-geography’Maurits van der VlugtSpatial Information strategist

Overview
Background
Paradigm Shifts of Neo-Geography
Examples
Bushfire Connect
Implications for our industry
Q&A

Where 2.0 - The Term
O'Reilly Media “Where 2.0” conference
6th: San Jose, California. 31/3 – 1/4 2010
900 attendees (sold out)
Avg. Age: 30-35.
80% industry, rest Government/Academia
Focus: Neo-Geography, Geo in Web 2.0, Mobile Platforms, Augmented Reality

The “[...] usage of geographical techniques and tools used for personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert group of users”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neogeography
Neo-Geography?
The “[...] usage of geographical techniques and tools used for personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert group of users”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neogeography

Buzzwords
Web 2.0 / Social Media
Crowd Sourcing – Volunteered Geo-Information (VGI)
Augmented Reality
Geotagging
And many more…

Volunteered Geo Information (VGI)
National SDI
Less detailed data
Less detailed data
State SDI
Local SDI
More detailed Data
More detailed Data
(Rajabifard et al)
SDI 1.0 (POLICY DRIVEN)
SDI 2.0 (USER DRIVEN)
From: Kevin McDougall, SSC 2009

Open Streetmap
From: Kevin McDougall, SSC 2009

Mapping Haiti in 10 days….

Paradigm Shift #1
From: interactive paper map

Paradigm Shift #1
To: Spatial Canvas
http://www.mapquake.co.nz/

the Map –”App-store””

Find Local ‘live’ reports

Paradigm Shift #2

Augmented Reality

Ushahidi – bushfire COnnect
http://bushfireconnect.org
Twitter: @bushfireconnect

Bushfire COnnect
Community Powered
Community Resilience
Integrate Crowd Sourced and Official Information

Incident Reports
SMS
Web-Form
Geo-RSS
Tweets

Incident Alerts

The neo-geography way
Incident reporting, integration and alerts through the ‘Spatial Canvas’
What’s happening ‘Here’?
Trusted, timely and transparent
Complements official agencies

From Andrew Turner, Fortius One

How neogeographers see GIS-ers
They don’t

Implications for Our Industry?
Ignore at your peril
Who cares about projections, datums, accuracy?
Next big things
Explosion of apps on Mobile geo-APIs
Hyper localised, real-time reporting
Open, open, open…

Summary
Where 2.0 and Neo-Geography
By anyone for anyone
Paradigm shifts
From digital map, to spatial canvas
From “where is that?” to “what is here?”
Bushfire Connect
Community powered
Integrate crowd-sourced and official information
Neo-geography: Ignore at your peril!

That’s it… Thanks for listening
Maurits.vandervlugt@mercuryps.com.au
http://spatial21.blogspot.com
http://bushfireconnect.org
Twitter: @mvandervlugt

Where2 0 & neogeography (spatial@gov)

by Maurits van der Vlugt on Oct 07, 2010

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