Cultures of Legibility Web Map

Cultures of Legibility Web Map Vlad Tanasescu , William Mackaness, Stephen Cairns, Ray Lucas http://ddm.caad.ed.ac.uk/groups/jakarta/

theory • places as semantic fields (localized tag clouds) rather than point geometric data

theory • named routes between and around places

screencast http://www.vimeo.com/3996917

technology • Google maps Flash API • FLEX (or “Flash for programmers”) • RDF on the Talis triple-store platform (endpoint: http://api.talis.com/stores/vtanasescu- dev1/services/sparql) • Elements of the SNAP/SPAN ontology for spatial and temporal descriptions • location URIs use the geohash algorithm ( => point location + scale) • other shapes use GML • still alpha

future • use for research in peri-urban areas of other mega cities • extension of the notion of place (ability to shape the fields) • public access: map routines and places • temporal aspect: allow people to play routes

Cultures of Legibility Web Map

by Vlad Tanasescu on Apr 03, 2009

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