Loca(c)tion
Utilizing Place to Enable Action




                                          Andrew Turner
                                               @ajturner
                               http://highearthorbit.com
Location Matters




                   http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/8777595
Action at a Distance
Action Localized
Proximity




http://www.flickr.com/photos/matador_snaps/339760890/
Common Context
Common Pivot Point
Government
                                      NGO’s
                                 Companies
Integration of Multiple Actors   Environment
                                     History
                                     Culture
                                          ...
What’s Changing?




                   http://www.flickr.com/photos/articnomad/29552301
GeoData Catalogs
Open GeoData   http://geocommons.com
Open Government GeoData
Open Government GeoData
Open International GeoData
<georss:point>
    +      45.256 -71.92
        </georss:point>




Open Linkable GeoData
Open Semantic Data?
GeoWeb
Locative Devices
Ubiquitous Mobile Devices
unread POI’s 1000+
Broadband Connectivity
Broadband Connectivity
 still not well distributed
Agriculture Trading via SMS
Open Source
Sharing
How Utilizing Place is Enabling Action




                                         http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivanomak/559601119
OpenStreetMap
Community
Control your Future
Betwala Chawl, Mumbai
Provide Data
OpenStreetMap Palestine
Routing based on
       Nationality
US Apps for Democracy   http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/
Locavore
Santa Barbara Fires




                      http://flickr.com/photos/fielddan/1752897034/
MODIS
Google MyMaps
Twitter
http://hypercube.telascience.org/fire/
Hurricanes Katrina
         and Rita
Damage Awareness   Hurricane Katrina
Crisis Reporting
Hurricane Katrina
Demolitions
          http://www.flickr.com/photos/culturesubculture/339185196/
Green Dot Map
Prove Yourself Viable

By Green We Mean Bulldozer




Where is my House?           Green Dot Map
Broadmoor   Green Dot Map
Newspapers   Demolitions
from Newspaper Listings




http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?tabid=118
to Spreadsheets




                           http://thinknola.com/permits/2008.html
                  http://blogometer.com/post/editgrid-zero-to-six
to Maps




          http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2008/01/13/google-maps/
to Blog Posts




                http://jefflamb.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/1431-annette/
to Flickr Photos
Brought Together   Demolitions
Mid-City   Green Dot Map
Wiki   Mid-City
Flip that Neighborhood   Mid-City
n e d
                  tp o
             P o s
3 year anniversary
Storm Tracking   Hurricane Gustav
Hurricane Gustav
                   http://maker.geocommons.com
Iterate
Public Data
              http://finder.geocommons.com
HurricaneWiki
CrescentMaps.org
Hurricane Ike
Ushahidi   http://ushahidi.com
US Republican National
           Convention
Can this be applied to Democratic Monitoring?
API to Enable Action   http://npr.org/votereport
Appropriate Interfaces
Sweepers
Feeds and API’s   http://highearthorbit.com
Enable others to Act   http://tvr.openideals.net
                       http://plodt.com/votereport
Ushahidi   http://ushahidi.com
Crowd-Sourced
Filtering
SwiftRiver   http://swiftapp.org
Some Issues




              http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicanerii/3653482696
Privacy




          http://www.flickr.com/photos/fallwithme/3630943192
Location Brokering
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Precision, Accuracy, Veracity
Precision
Verified Accuracy
Where to Begin?
http://highearthorbit.com/neogeography/
http://highearthorbit.com/presentations/

                           Free Swag
OpenStreetMapping Party @ Reboot tomorrow




                                      Action
Thank you
Andrew Turner
http://highearthorbit.com

Loca(c)tion - Reboot 11