GI Management Transformation: from geometry to databased
relationships
Ordnance Survey Ireland GI R&D InitiativesTuesday, 22 March 2016, 13:00 to 20:30 (GMT) , Maynooth University
Dr Tracey P. Lauriault, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University & Programmable City, Maynooth University
How is the city translated into software and data?
Programmable City Project
Translation:City into Code/Data
Transduction:Code/Data Reshape
City
THE CITYSOFTWARE/DATA
Discourses, Practices, Knowledge, Models
Mediation, Augmentation, Facilitation, RegulationHow do software and data reshape the city?
Socio-technological data assemblage
Material Platform(infrastructure – hardware)
Code Platform(operating system)
Code/algorithms (software)
Data(base)
Interface
Reception/Operation (user/usage)
Systems of thought Forms of knowledge
Finance Political economies
Governmentalities & legalities Organisations and institutions Subjectivities and communities
Marketplace
System/process performs a task
Contextframes the system/task
Digital socio-technical assemblage
HCI, remediation studiesCritical code studies
Software studiesCritical data studies
New media studiesgame studies
Critical Social ScienceScience Technology
Studies
Platform studies
Places
Practices
Flowline/Lifecycle
The Data Revolution, Rob Kitchin, 2014.
Prime 2 Models and Concepts
Skin of the earth ‘real world’ object modelling
5 skin of the earth objects Ways Water Vegetation Artificial Exposed
Z-Layer Superimposed Objects Segmentation &
Connectivity GDF1 GDF2
centrelines Sites & Locals Boundaries
Links objects using persistent ID’s
Form & Function object classification
3D data storage (CityGML LOD2)
Grouped
Seamless, topologically consistent blanket of polygons tha cover the entire surface of Ireland w/no holes or gaps
Seamless, topologically consistent blanket of polygons tha cover the entire surface of Ireland w/no holes or gaps
Cassini, 6”, 1st ed. Circa?
Heuston station across time
Cassini 6”, 1943-44
Heuston station across time
Cassini 25”, 1st ed, Circa? Cassini25”, 1936
Heuston station across time
Heuston Station, Prime2 MapGenie
Heuston Station, Prime2 SOE
Evolution
Institutionally Colonial surveyor Military Mapping
Organization Civil Service
National Mapping Organization (NMO)
State Body NMO Will become a
NMO w/in Tailte Éireann
Technologically Data collection Techniques Scale Geometry Skill Technologies Dissemination
Scope Colonial mapping National mapping Post Colonial
mapping OSi/OSNI/OSGB EU / Inspire / NSDI Global
Socio-technological transformation
Etymology
Etymology
Etymology
Etymology
Relationality
Genealogy of a model
Genealogy of a Model
Genealogy of a model
Genealogy of a data model
Models are also actors Models shape
how the world is viewed the world of work tools & techniques the structure of an organization how organizations interconnect with others
Models augment space Models are socially constructed
by people
Models are also actors Models shape
how the world is viewed the world of work tools & techniques the structure of an organization how organizations interconnect with others
Models augment space Models are socially constructed
by people
Models are also actors Models shape
how the world is viewed the world of work tools & techniques the structure of an organization how organizations interconnect with others
Models augment space Models are socially constructed
by people
Ontologizing the City - From Old School National Cartographic Based Classification toward a Rules
Based Real-World Object Oriented National Database
Object of Study Data assemblage of OSi PRIME2 Examine how ‘real’ things are
understood in the new object oriented data model
Assess if these change how space is modelled and then acted upon
Time frame Jan. 2015-2018
Data Management and Ethics ERC Maynooth University SSHRC Tri-Council
Case Study Outputs Case study report Data assemblage Tracing the production of space Genealogy from class to object Academic publications
Funding Programmable City Project
P.I. Prof. Rob Kitchin NIRSA, Maynooth University
European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award
ERC-2012-AdG-323636-SOFTCITY
Data Collection
Attend OSi & 1Spatial Road shows and public speaking eventsOne day coordinated field trip & group interviews at OSi Sligo (survey data capture unit)Examine the Prime & Prime2 flow linesReal-time survey and data update of a building
1.5 months as an embedded researcher, OSi in Phoenix Park One-on-one interviews with key actors (Transcribed audio
recordings): Group interview Document Collection Collection of objects across time for Dublin
Acknowledgements
The research for this paper was funded by a European Research Council Advanced
Investigator award (ERC-2012-AdG-323636-SOFTCITY.
I would like to express my gratitude to all at Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) for generously
sharing their knowledge and time.