From Global to Local: Mobile, Mapping and Action
by Christian Kreutz
www.crisscrossed.net
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„It is es(mated as much as 80% of data contains geo-‐referenced informa(on.“ (Liping Di)
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“It is not about mobile any more. It is the convergence from the social web with the mobile. The mobile let you interact within a network in a highly contextual way.” Teemu Arina
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SMS service for agriculture and health tips
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Did you know that the new Grameen, Google, MTN and BROSDI SMS service in Uganda received ....
1 Million queries in the first few weeks!
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Ci(zen journalism from anywhere...
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h)p://voicesofafrica.africanews.com
Mobile Reporter across Africa
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Ci(zen ac(on from anywhere...
Reporting problems right from the scene
http://www.fixmystreet.com/
http://stopstockouts.org/ushahidi/
Reporting problems right from the scene
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How can that help to monitor and evaluate development projects?
http://www.greenmap.org/
http://en.oreilly.com/where2009/public/schedule/detail/7891
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Imagine people start worldwide to map their environment.
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What makes digital maps different?
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* Recogni(on: Ooh that’s the place we are talking about!
* A feeling of connec(on: It’s around the corner!
* Connec(ng the dots (topics) on complex issues.
* Engagement: This has to change! I want to help out.
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Combining maps and data!
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-‐ Surveillance cameras in my neighbourhood
-‐ Accessibility of facili(es
-‐ Bike tracks in my city
-‐ Places we want to change
-‐ Places we want to change differently
Google Traffic Data
http://www.datavisualization.ch/showcases/traffic-on-googlemaps
http://busroutes.in/chennai/
23 Photo by cmbjn843 @flickr Location-based services
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Mapping protest
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Geospa(al Web
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
OpenStreetMap of Kabul
Google Map of Kabul
Areas already mapped in OpenStreetMap.Org
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/ajturner/drupal-and-the-geospatial-web
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entseed.org
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Loca(on for relevance
Loca(on as a filter
Andrew Turner: h)p://www.slideshare.net/ajturner/drupal-‐and-‐the-‐geospaMal-‐web
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Informa(on
Filter 1: Topic
Filter 2: Person
Filter 3: Loca(on
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Cau(on
Privacy vs. Transparency
Manipula(on of Maps
Aeen(on Span
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Thank you very much
for your aeen(on!
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