loca(c)tion - reboot 11
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Utilizing Place to enable Action - lessons learned about the importance of place, enabling individuals and communities to mobilize and enact change, and the role of technology in mediating these actions.TRANSCRIPT
Loca(c)tion
Andrew Turner@ajturner
http://highearthorbit.com
Utilizing Place to Enable Action
Location Matters
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Action at a Distance
Action Localized
Proximity
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Common Context
Common Pivot Point
Integration of Multiple Actors
Government
NGO’s
Companies
Environment
History
Culture
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What’s Changing?
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GeoData Catalogs
Open Government GeoData
Open Government GeoData
Open International GeoData
Open Linkable GeoData
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Open Semantic Data?
GeoWeb
Locative Devices
Ubiquitous Mobile Devices
unread POI’s 1000+
Broadband Connectivity
Broadband Connectivitystill not well distributed
Agriculture Trading via SMS
Open Source
Sharing
How Utilizing Place is Enabling Action
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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
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MODIS
Google MyMaps
http://hypercube.telascience.org/fire/
Hurricanes Katrinaand Rita
Damage Awareness Hurricane Katrina
Crisis Reporting
Hurricane Katrina
http://www.flickr.com/photos/culturesubculture/339185196/
Demolitions
Green Dot Map
Where is my House? Green Dot Map
By Green We Mean Bulldozer
Prove Yourself Viable
Broadmoor Green Dot Map
Newspapers Demolitions
from Newspaper Listings
http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?tabid=118
to Spreadsheets
http://thinknola.com/permits/2008.htmlhttp://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
Postpon
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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
US Republican National Convention
Can this be applied to Democratic Monitoring?
Appropriate Interfaces
Sweepers
Enable others to Act http://tvr.openideals.net http://plodt.com/votereport
Crowd-Sourced Filtering
Some Issues
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Privacy
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Location Brokering
Precision, Accuracy, Veracity
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Precision
Verified Accuracy
Where to Begin?
http://highearthorbit.com/neogeography/
http://highearthorbit.com/presentations/
Free Swag
OpenStreetMapping Party @ Reboot tomorrow
Action
Thank you
Andrew Turnerhttp://highearthorbit.com