Hyperlocal Deities, Pachyderms, the Letter W, the Number 3 and some Geo

GISRUK 2010 at UCL
Hyperlocal Deities, Pachyderms, the Letter W, the Number 3 & some Geo
Gary Gale, Yahoo! Geo Technologies

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KELLYLEEBARRETT on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellylee/4177529745/

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Gary Gale on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4414198544/

this talk is brought to you …
Brian Indrelunas on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/btindrelunas/145692717/

… by the number 3
boklm on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/boklm/486646798/

… by the letter w
Leo Reynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/376713306/

… by the word local (hyper and micro)
Craig A Rodway on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/m0php/3456026311/

… and by a theory
BharathKishore on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bharathkishore/4428219272/

warning: may contain references to checking in and foursquare
Simon Lieschke on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/slieschke/2914498846/

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postverta – geo past
robceemoz on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/robceemoz/3031609961/

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What Makes The Pie Shop Tick on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/3016264752/

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Phasepistol on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/12377578@N07/2406524180/

stevegarfield on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/1270723762//

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A d I q on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/eshadiq/4255787252/in/pool-73008182@N00

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JoeyPeter on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeypeter/2889411919/

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Wireless Ninja on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/33853848@N04/3378403467/

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Patrick Ng on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/moleskineart/3517295211/

“you may well ask, chris, what is my theory?”
Larry He’s So Fine on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/18946008@N06/3239708619/

the theory of stuff
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Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4322247790/ and http://www.vicchi.org/2010/02/01/the-theory-of-stuff/

“what is it for and why would anyone use it?”
@aaronofmontreal
pkingDesign on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkingdesign/4081588224/

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janus – geo present
RedJinn on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinnrouge/3156175315/

some numbers
KoenVereeken on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/koenvereeken/2088902012/

comscore 2009 digital year (us)

http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/local-online-to-grow-12-in-2009-will-slow-next-year-11000/borrell-associates-local-online-marketing-spend-forecast-advertising-promotions-october-2009jpg/

mobile search revenue forecast (us)
http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/us-mobile-search-ad-revenues-to-reach-14b-in-2012-1578/tkg-mobile-search-revenue-forecastjpg/

hype (or local)?
jlz on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlz/4439715350/

entities & events located in a well defined, community scale, area
nep on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nep/1812127513/

intended for consumption by residents/visitors to that area
Hybridotus on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/hybridotus/40408803/

created by a resident or visitor to that area
splorp on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/splorp/59231687/

technology hurdles …
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Tommy on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/28946649@N02/3790596718/

matching
jlz on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlz/4439715350/

content
D’Arcy Norman on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2781572080/

intent
hey mr glen on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscott/2615622293/
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users
National Library NZ on The Commons on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/3326203787/
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geo

parsing & tagging
szim90 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/szim90/272670479/

intent
pcg on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgc/199661101/

location
Billy V on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyv/352560572/

ip
Jeff Kubina on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/941654709/
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gps
John_dulaney on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/15046584@N08/1562794445/
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a-gps
Grudnick on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/9716802@N02/2636730052/
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cell tower
Mist Dog on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mistdog/770903199/
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wifi access point
Travellin’ Librarian on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/311646165/
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hyperlocal genera
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Abulic Monkey on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/abulic_monkey/3173772897/

“classic” hyperlocal
allaboutgeorge on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboutgeorge/2583886589/

“corporate” hyperlocal
annshi on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/annshi/3879730603/

Nickel N on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickelnijman/4449870171/

“user” hyperlocal
6S on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/6smarketing/3907983896/

granularity
mikemol on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/28208534@N07/4310966901/

local – county level

hyperlocal – city or neighbourhood level

microlocal – block level

elephant in the room
Adrian Midgley on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/midgley/3237080905/

is location that ubiquitous?
stevegarfield on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/1270723762//

only ~21% of total handsets
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JoeyPeter on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeypeter/2889411919/

what about the other ~79% … ?
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privacy

inventory?
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Puck-Man on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/puckman/3450453524/

ip
Jeff Kubina on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/941654709/
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accuracy # 1
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accuracy # 2
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negativity

mayor of the north pole
krazydata on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2626866614/

faking it

anteverta – geo future
laurapadgett on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurapadgett/3996326599/

5m subscribers by 2011
gigaom.com, August 2008
Ed Yourdon on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2626866614/

1 check in per second

33% of mobile users read mobile news
mm&t, March 2010
ilamont.com on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilamont/4328628207/

foursquare history

mercurynews.com – 3/26/10

and finally
UIC Digital Collections on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/uicdigital/4387525282/

the three w’s

#1 - where

normanbleventhalmapcenter on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2674855383/

#2 - when

julesjulesjulesm on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladymissmarquise/3612953518/

wokka on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/wokka/270124789/

jeffhutton.net on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffhutton/429299456/

#3 - what

Tammy Camp on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tammycamp/4423792995/

Thurrock Phil on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/phils_photos/2312562929/

not taking notes?
selva on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/24604141/

GISRUK 2010 at UCL
Hyperlocal Deities, Pachyderms, the Letter W, the Number 3 & some Geo
Gary Gale, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
http://slideshare.net/vicchi

thanks for listening
Paul Keleher on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkeleher/1658311814/

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b: www.vicchi.org
w: www.garygale.com

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