Computation + Maps Raymond Cha 09.23.2009

WHAT DO MAPS DO? Approximate. Convey time and space. Narrate. Examples.

Approximate.

Convey time and space.

Narrate.

Examples.

Maps are an approximation On Exactitude in Science . . . In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, and the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire whose size was that of the Empire, and which coincided point for point with it. The following Generations, who were not so fond of the Study of Cartography as their Forebears had been, saw that that vast Map was Useless, and not without some Pitilessness was it, that they delivered it up to the Inclemencies of Sun and Winters. In the Deserts of the West, still today, there are Tattered Ruins of that Map, inhabited by Animals and Beggars; in all the Land there is no other Relic of the Disciplines of Geography. Suarez Miranda,Viajes de varones prudentes, Libro IV,Cap. XLV, Lerida, 1658 From Jorge Luis Borges, Collected Fictions, Translated by Andrew Hurley © Penguin1999

On Exactitude in Science . . . In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, and the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire whose size was that of the Empire, and which coincided point for point with it. The following Generations, who were not so fond of the Study of Cartography as their Forebears had been, saw that that vast Map was Useless, and not without some Pitilessness was it, that they delivered it up to the Inclemencies of Sun and Winters. In the Deserts of the West, still today, there are Tattered Ruins of that Map, inhabited by Animals and Beggars; in all the Land there is no other Relic of the Disciplines of Geography.

Suarez Miranda,Viajes de varones prudentes, Libro IV,Cap. XLV, Lerida, 1658

From Jorge Luis Borges, Collected Fictions, Translated by Andrew Hurley © Penguin1999

Maps are an approximation Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp, 1570

Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp, 1570

Maps are getting better Google Maps + Google Earth.

Google Maps + Google Earth.

WHAT DO MAPS DO? Approximate. Convey time and space. Narrate. Examples.

Approximate.

Convey time and space.

Narrate.

Examples.

Maps give a sense of place while the internet eliminates time and space…

while the internet eliminates time and space…

Maps give a sense of place Location-Based Services, GPS, A-GPS add a layer of place onto the internet.

Location-Based Services, GPS, A-GPS add a layer of place onto the internet.

WHAT DO MAPS DO? Approximate. Convey time and space. Narrate. Examples.

Approximate.

Convey time and space.

Narrate.

Examples.

Maps tell stories in new ways John Snow mapped an Cholera outbreak in 1854. His technique revolutionized epidemiology.

John Snow mapped an Cholera outbreak in 1854.

His technique revolutionized epidemiology.

But some don’t tell very much Map of the Internet What is communicated?

Map of the Internet

What is communicated?

Some change the way we see NASA map of the earth at night in 2002. What does light become a proxy for?

NASA map of the earth at night in 2002.

What does light become a proxy for?

WHAT DO MAPS DO? Approximate. Convey time and space. Narrate. Examples.

Approximate.

Convey time and space.

Narrate.

Examples.

Google Maps Create maps using Google’s mapping engine. Collaborate, post on the web, design icons.

Create maps using Google’s mapping engine.

Collaborate, post on the web, design icons.

Trippermap + GMiF Combine flickr + google maps. Geotagging images connect photos to a location. Google Maps in Flickr.

Combine flickr + google maps.

Geotagging images connect photos to a location.

Google Maps in Flickr.

GIS Geographic Information Systems -- query-based systems using geographic information. http://www.youcity.com

Geographic Information Systems -- query-based systems using geographic information.

2D Barcode + QR Code 2D-bar (Quick Response Code) which can be decoded with camera phones. Readers: Okotag, Kaywa Semapedia

2D-bar (Quick Response Code) which can be decoded with camera phones.

Readers: Okotag, Kaywa

Semapedia

Loopt Track your friends with location-based social networking. Ambient awareness.

Track your friends with location-based social networking.

Ambient awareness.

Socialight Tag the city with “stickie” notes. Augmented reality.

Tag the city with “stickie” notes.

Augmented reality.

Open Street Maps “ Wikipedia” but with maps

“ Wikipedia” but with maps

foursquare.com mobile social networking. friend finder, cityguide, nightlife game.

mobile social networking.

friend finder, cityguide, nightlife game.

Maps can describe people Foursquare, Where we go defines who we are… Where are you at 3.00 pm everyday?

Foursquare,

Where we go defines who we are…

Where are you at 3.00 pm everyday?

Blogs http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com http://digitalurban.blogspot.com http://webdev.yuan.cc/gmif/ http: //geobloggers .com/

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com

http://digitalurban.blogspot.com

http://webdev.yuan.cc/gmif/

http: //geobloggers .com/

Links http://www.youcity.com http://www.trippermap.com http://reader.kaywa.com http://www.okotag.com http://en.semapedia.org http://www. loopt .com http://www. socialight .com http://www.foursquare.com

http://www.youcity.com

http://www.trippermap.com

http://reader.kaywa.com

http://www.okotag.com

http://en.semapedia.org

http://www. loopt .com

http://www. socialight .com

http://www.foursquare.com