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