where2 0 & neogeography (spatial@gov)
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WHERE 2.0: IMPRESSIONS FROM THE WORLD OF ‘NEO-GEOGRAPHY’
MAURITS VAN DER VLUGTSpatial Information strategist
OVERVIEW
Background Paradigm Shifts of Neo-Geography Examples Bushfire Connect Implications for our industry
Q&A
WHERE 2.0 - THE TERM O'Reilly Media “Where 2.0” conference 6th: San Jose, California. 31/3 – 1/4 2010 900 attendees (sold out)
Avg. Age: 30-35. 80% industry, rest Government/Academia
Focus: Neo-Geography, Geo in Web 2.0, Mobile Platforms, Augmented Reality
The “[...] usage of geographical techniques and tools used for
personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert
group of users”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neogeography
NEO-GEOGRAPHY?
The “[...] usage of geographical techniques and tools used for
personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert
group of users”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neogeography
BUZZWORDS
Web 2.0 / Social Media Crowd Sourcing – Volunteered Geo-
Information (VGI) Augmented Reality Geotagging And many more…
VOLUNTEERED GEO INFORMATION (VGI)
National SDI
State SDI
Local SDI
Less detailed dataLess detailed data
More detailed Data (Rajabifard et al)
SDI 1.0 (POLICY DRIVEN)
Less detailed dataLess detailed data
More detailed Data
SDI 2.0 (USER DRIVEN)
From: Kevin McDougall, SSC 2009
OPEN STREETMAP
From: Kevin McDougall, SSC 2009
MAPPING HAITI IN 10 DAYS….
PARADIGM SHIFT #1
From: interactive paper map
PARADIGM SHIFT #1 To: Spatial
Canvas
http://www.mapquake.co.nz/
THE MAP –”APP-STORE””
FIND LOCAL ‘LIVE’ REPORTS
PARADIGM SHIFT #2
AUGMENTED REALITY
USHAHIDI – BUSHFIRE CONNECT
Twitter: @bushfireconnecthttp://bushfireconnect.org
BUSHFIRE CONNECT
Community Powered
Community Resilience
Integrate Crowd Sourced and Official Information
INCIDENT REPORTS
SMS Web-Form Geo-RSS Tweets
INCIDENT ALERTS
THE NEO-GEOGRAPHY WAY
Incident reporting, integration and alerts through the ‘Spatial Canvas’
What’s happening ‘Here’?
Trusted, timely and transparent
Complements official agencies
From Andrew Turner, Fortius One
HOW NEOGEOGRAPHERS SEE GIS-ERS
They don’t
From Andrew Turner, Fortius One
From Andrew Turner, Fortius One
IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR INDUSTRY?
Ignore at your peril
Who cares about projections, datums, accuracy?
Next big things Explosion of apps on Mobile geo-APIs Hyper localised, real-time reporting Open, open, open…
SUMMARY
Where 2.0 and Neo-Geography By anyone for anyone
Paradigm shifts From digital map, to spatial canvas From “where is that?” to “what is here?”
Bushfire Connect Community powered Integrate crowd-sourced and official information
Neo-geography: Ignore at your peril!
THAT’S IT… THANKS FOR LISTENING
http://spatial21.blogspot.com
http://bushfireconnect.org
Twitter: @mvandervlugt