Geotagging, locative media & storytelling Martijn de Waal [email_address] www.martijndewaal.nl

Theory: locative media Practice: ‘geographical storytelling’

Theory: locative media

Practice: ‘geographical storytelling’

annotative – media technologies that allow its users to virtually tag (and consequently filter) the real world. phenomenological – tracing the action of a subject in the world. Tuters & Varnelis 2 kinds of locative media:

annotative – media technologies that allow its users to virtually tag (and consequently filter) the real world.

phenomenological – tracing the action of a subject in the world.

Tuters & Varnelis

From WWW to DDD: Dynamic Database Driven Location (geographic position) is one field in the database

From WWW to DDD:

Dynamic

Database

Driven

Location (geographic position) is one field in the database

Locative Media Using real space as interface for information: I am here, what and who is around me? Using a representation of space (map) as organizational method for accessing information

Using real space as interface for information: I am here, what and who is around me?

Using a representation of space (map) as organizational method for accessing information

So, how do we turn databases into interesting, meaningful documentary experiences or stories?

So, how do we turn databases into interesting, meaningful documentary experiences or stories?

[creating] ‘experiences that take into account the geographic locale of interest, typically by elevating that geographic locale beyond its instrumentalized status as a 'latitude longitude coordinated point on earth' to the level of existential, inhabited, experienced and lived place.’ Julian Bleecker

These locative media experiences may delve "into" the historical surface of a space to reveal past events or stories (whether fictional, confessional or standing on consensus as factual). Locative media experiences may also cross space, connecting experiences across short or long geographic, experiential, or temporal distances.

These locative media experiences may delve "into" the historical surface of a space to reveal past events or stories (whether fictional, confessional or standing on consensus as factual). Locative media experiences may also cross space, connecting experiences across short or long geographic, experiential, or temporal distances.

Locative media & storytelling From time-based storytelling to Using geographic location as prime ‘interface’ for story

From time-based storytelling to

Using geographic location as prime ‘interface’ for story

Variables: Real space or representational space? Author or collaborative storytelling? Lineair or Explorative?

Variables:

Real space or representational space?

Author or collaborative storytelling?

Lineair or Explorative?

Storytelling & locative media Location based storytelling – lineair Location based storytelling – explorative Location based storytelling – collaborative Map based storytelling – lineair Map based storytelling – explorative Map based storytelling – collaborative Locative media as registration tool (supplementing or in lieu of camera)

Location based storytelling – lineair

Location based storytelling – explorative

Location based storytelling – collaborative

Map based storytelling – lineair

Map based storytelling – explorative

Map based storytelling – collaborative

Locative media as registration tool (supplementing or in lieu of camera)

Location based storytelling – author based, lineair

Location based storytelling Explorative You are not here

Location & map based storytelling Collaborative: Droombeek.nl

map based storytelling Lineair / author driven

map based storytelling explorative / author driven

Map based Collaborative

Web based storytelling Collaborative

Locative media as registration tool (supplementing or in lieu of camera )