Download to read offline
Uploaded byGary Gale
Welcome To W3G
This document provides information about an unconference called The (Un)Conference On The Three W's Of Geo that took place in Stratford-upon-Avon on September 28, 2010. It includes details about the event location, wifi access information, recommended hashtags, and sponsors. It also provides explanations and examples of key terms like unconference, geo, and the three W's (where, when, what). Flickr photo URLs are included throughout for visual references.
More Related Content
![Coded Agents – with UiPath SDK + LangGraph [Virtual Hands-on Workshop]](https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/codedagentsdeck-251215155422-5497c599-thumbnail.jpg?width=640&height=640&fit=bounds)
Welcome To W3G
- 1. W3GStratford-upon-Avon28th. September 201052°11' 33.5868”, -1° 42' 2.8758"
- 2. 2KELLYLEEBARRETT on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellylee/4177529745/
- 3. Gary Gale onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4414198544/
- 4. Ian Gallagher onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/iangallagher/122746878/
- 5. Enokson on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4522126718/
- 6. The (Un)Conference OnThe Three W’s Of Geo
- 7. Wifi Access?Access Point:swisscomUsername: EVENT/AGIPassword: AGI
- 8.
- 9. So what isan (un)conference?
- 10.
- 11. Gary Gale onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/3065728562/
- 12.
- 13. Gary Gale onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/3554626421/
- 14. Gary Gale onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4428320591/
- 15. Gary Gale onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4428321047/
- 16.
- 17. Andrew Bowden onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bods/4450966551/
- 18.
- 19.
- 20. Changua Coast ConservationAction on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/waders/3177090710/
- 22. James Fee onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/cageyjames/30936701/
- 23. Boson Nova onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bosonnova/3250298799/
- 24.
- 25.
- 26. #1 - WhereLeoReynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4519785041/
- 27. Norman B LeventhalMap Centre on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2674855383/
- 28. #2 - WhenLeoReynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/3940744688/
- 29. Paul on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wokka/270124789/
- 30. #3 - Whattakomabibeloton Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2604494470/
- 31. Nad on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nad/386051891/
- 32.
- 33. klabusta on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/klabusta/346519139/
- 34. 34Howard Lake onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/howardlake/4550760086/
- 35. Gold Sponsor35Adam Howarthon Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/puppydogbites/2160460793/
- 36.
- 37. Silver SponsorsMarg onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/play4smee/2418525366/
- 38.
- 39.
- 40. 40Jules Morgan onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladymissmarquise/3612953518/
- 41.
- 42.
- 43.
- 45. 45Paul Riismandel onFlickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediageek/2412873536/
- 46. #w3gconfStratford-upon-Avon28th. September 201052°11' 33.5868”, -1° 42' 2.8758"
Editor's Notes
- #3 Hello
- #4 I’m Gary and have the pleasure of being …
- #5 … the W3G conference chair
- #6 I’d like to formally welcome you all to the first W3G
- #8 Want wifi?
- #9 Hashtags for the Twitterers in the audience
- #11 This is not a conference
- #12 Conferences are fairly formal affairs with invited speaks and strict agendas
- #14 Unconferences are far more relaxed
- #15 You participate and slap your talk title on a post-it note on “The Wall”
- #16 Even the talk titles are more relaxed
- #18 An (un)conference is a half way house between a conference and an (un)conference … invited guest speakers to get you thinking and unconference sessions as well
- #21 Geo is a wide topic … from maps and cartography
- #22 … through LBS and LBMS
- #23 … and not forgetting GIS as well
- #28 The first of the 3 W’s of Geo is the where; what we’ve been doing for centuries, mapping the globe. Whilst it’s a sweeping generalisation, we’ve pretty much done this, albeit to a varying degree of accuracy, coverage and granularity. We’ve mapped the globe, now it’s time to do something with all of this data. The opportunity now is much less about what shall we map and much more about what can we create from this data, how can we use this data, what restrictions are placed upon this data and how can this data make a difference?
- #30 The second of the 3 W’s of Geo is the when, the gnarly problem of temporality which just won’t go away. The when shows up in two ways. Firstly there’s the fact that places and geography change over time; how we map a place today doesn’t show how the place was 100 years ago and neither can we expect the geography of a place to be static 100 years hence. As we update our geographic data sets and throw away the old, supposedly obsolete, historical versions, we’re throwing away a rich set of temporality in the process.Secondly there’s the problem of places which only exist at certain times of the year. Take Burning Man and Glastonbury; for most of the year these places are a salt flat in a desert and a farmer’s field but at a certain time they become places in their own right.
- #32 The third of the 3 W’s of Geo is the what; or to put it another way, that a reference to a place is intrinsically bound to its granularity. References to London from outside of the United Kingdom are frequently aimed at the non specific London bounded by the M25 orbital motorway. Zoom in and London becomes Greater London, and then the London Boroughs and finally the City of London and neighbouring City of Westminster.
- #34 W3G is free to attend
- #35 But it costs money to put on … we need to recognise the contribution that our sponsors have made
- #41 But W3G also costs time to put on
- #42 And wouldn’t have happened without the help of Rollo Home
- #44 As well as sterling support from Chris Holcroft and Claire Huppertz of the AGI
- #45 There’s even Geo Buzzword Bingo for you to play
- #46 It’s not time for me to stop and hand over to the first speaker. Enjoy the day