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GI Management Transformation:
from geometry to databased relationships
Ordnance Survey Ireland GI R&D Initiatives
Tuesday, 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, Regulation
How 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
Context
frames the system/task
Digital socio-technical assemblage
HCI, remediation studies
Critical code studies
Software studies
Critical data studies
New media studies
game studies
Critical Social Science
Science 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
Cassini, 6”, 1st ed. Circa?
Heuston station across time
Cassini 6”, 1943-44
Cassini 25”, 1st ed, Circa?
Cassini25”, 1936
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
Relationality
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
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 events
 One day coordinated field trip & group interviews at OSi Sligo
(survey data capture unit)
 Examine the Prime & Prime2 flow lines
 Real-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.

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GI Management Transformation: from geometry to databased relationships

  • 1. GI Management Transformation: from geometry to databased relationships Ordnance Survey Ireland GI R&D Initiatives Tuesday, 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
  • 2. 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, Regulation How do software and data reshape the city?
  • 3. 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 Context frames the system/task Digital socio-technical assemblage HCI, remediation studies Critical code studies Software studies Critical data studies New media studies game studies Critical Social Science Science Technology Studies Platform studies Places Practices Flowline/Lifecycle The Data Revolution, Rob Kitchin, 2014.
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Seamless, topologically consistent blanket of polygons tha cover the entire surface of Ireland w/no holes or gaps
  • 6. Cassini, 6”, 1st ed. Circa? Heuston station across time Cassini 6”, 1943-44 Cassini 25”, 1st ed, Circa? Cassini25”, 1936 Heuston Station, Prime2 MapGenie Heuston Station, Prime2 SOE
  • 7. 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
  • 11. Genealogy of a model
  • 12. Genealogy of a data model
  • 13. 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
  • 14. 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
  • 15. Data Collection Attend OSi & 1Spatial Road shows and public speaking events  One day coordinated field trip & group interviews at OSi Sligo (survey data capture unit)  Examine the Prime & Prime2 flow lines  Real-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
  • 16. 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.