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Preserving the Old
with the ‘Neo’
Andrew Turner
FortiusOne - GeoCommons

andrew@fortiusone.com
http://highearthorbit.com
People live and interact with Place




flickr: qwertyuiop
Geography is a
Common Pivot Point
“Americus”
                       The role of maps
             Maps Reflect & Define Reality
What is Neogeography?
StoryMapping
Emphemeral Maps   http://maps.google.com
Meaning
Navigation
Compass
1492 - Columbus sails
   the ocean blue
Cartographic Renaissance
So geographers, in Afric maps,
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And o’er unhabitable downs
Place elephants for want of towns.
          - Jonathan Swift
Ortelius Atlas
Exploration
Travel Guides
Driving Guides
GIS
Internet Maps
Locative Media
urban renewal
    participatory web



  2005 - Google slips the
          map
                        mobile computing
GPS becomes
 ubiquitous
HousingMaps   http://housingmaps.com
Slippy Maps
       &
Virtual Globes
Ubiquitous,
    Inexpensive
Locative Devices
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neogeography                 ŏ

geographical techniques and tools used
for personal activities or for utilization by
a non-expert group of users; not formal
or analytical.
It’s about the user
Is this the user?
This is a user
             http://flickr.com/photos/ayula/55908651/
He should be a user
             http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/35413354/
She’s your next user
• Discover
              • Remember
User-Driven
              • Connect

              • Share

              • Imagine

              • Enable
• Citizen
                • Historian
User-Personas
                • Grandparent

                • Student

                • Planner

                • Representative
Archival Case Study:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
UK Domesday Project     BBC_Domesday_Project
EverySquareMile
Explore   EverySquareMile
User Interface   EverySquareMile
Historical Context   EverySquareMile
Building Blocks
Data
GeoData Catalogs
Open GeoData   http://geocommons.com
Open Government GeoData
Open Government GeoData
Open International GeoData
<georss:point>
    +      45.256 -71.92
        </georss:point>




Open Linkable GeoData
Open Semantic Data?
Dynamic Feeds
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GeoNames   http://geonames.org
GeoNames   http://geonames.org
Media
Google StreetView           EveryScape



                    Media
Local Videos
Deep Tagged Videos
GeoTagged Media   http://soundseeker.org
Geotagging Media
GPS Units




• My Recommendation:
     Garmin eTrex Legend HCx
GPS Babel




            http://www.gpsbabel.org
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Camera
• Captures Image
 • and TimeStamp
• How to Geotag photographs?
GPicSync




 http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/
HoudahGeo




      http://www.houdah.com
HoudahGeo - Photos
HoudahGeo - Tracks
HoudahGeo - KML
HoudahGeo - KML
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HoudahGeo - Flickr
http://www.flickr.com
Flickr Geotag
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Flickr Search: Pottery in Kenya
Flickr Search: Culture in Kenya
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Flickr Export
Google Picasa + Panoramio
Google MyMaps
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Flickr Photos
Implicit GeoData   http://geocodr.net
Library of Congress   http://www.flickr.com/photos/
                      library_of_congress/
Flickr Commons   http://www.flickr.com/commons
Crowd-Sourced
Filtering
OpenStreetMap   http://openstreetmap.org
Mapping Data is not
       Free
Full of Mistakes
Poor Coverage
Changing World
What is
OpenStreetMap?


   =       +
OpenStreetMap   http://openstreetmap.org
Wiki for the World
How it works
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Using the Data
• Licensed - Creative Commons
  Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

• RESTful API
   url = node?node=2000
   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <osm version="0.3" generator="OpenStreetMap server">
   <node lon='-0.148588713362387' id='40'
   lat='51.5278975364617'>
     <tag k="hum" v="cheese"/>
   </node>
   </osm>
Making Maps




OSMarender       Mapnik
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OpenCycleMap   http://opencyclemap.org
GPSies   http://gpsies.com/
OpenCycleMap   http://opencyclemap.org
Shenzen Maps
StumbleSafely   http://www.outsideindc.com/stumblesafely
Flickr OSM   http://www.flickr.com/map?
             &fLat=39.9227&fLon=116.4694&zl=6
• Set of Tools
OpenStreetMap is...   • Open, Linked Database

                      • Community

                      • Principles

                      • Proven Use Case
OpenAerialMap   http://openaerialmap.org
BurningManEarth   http://earth.burningman.org
MapWarper   http://warper.geothings.net
NYPL   http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital
Upload a Scanned Map
Ground Control Points
Warped Image
Exportable
Oakland Historic Maps   http://www.teczno.com/old-oakland/
Maps for Farmers   http://serveyourcountryfood.com
Data Formats
!



Standards Organizations   http://opengeospatial.org
Standards Organizations   http://fgdc.gov
Standards Organizations   http://www.w3.org/
Standards Organizations   http://iso.org
Standards Organizations   http://openwebfoundation.org
Semantic Web
GeoWeb
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A RESTful Web
• /places
• /places/89
• /places/89.atom
• /places/89.kml


              Resources
Web Aligned   http://highearthorbit.com/a-proposal-georss-kml
Formats

HTML : RSS :: KML : GeoRSS
     Visualization : Syndication
OpenSearch-Geo
http://search.org?q={searchTerm}
        &lat={geo:lat}&lon={geo:lon}
OpenSearch-Geo
                              http://maps.google.com/maps?near=43.3+-0.03
                                       http://local.yahoo.com/?csz=43.3,-0.03
                             http://upcoming.org/search?lat=43.3&lon=-0.03
http://api.flickr.com/services/photos_public.gne?bbox=-0.03,43.3, -0.04,43.4
                         http://mapufacture.com/search?lat=43.3&lon=-0.03




      lat={geo:lat}&lon={geo:lon}&radius={geo:radius}
                                                   bbox={geo:box}
                                   where={geo:locationString}
                                              area={geo:polygon}
Create
             Exif   GeoRSS      KML        GPX    Geocoding
GeoStack

                             Publish
           GeoRSS    KML         Microformats    MachineTags



                           Aggregate
            GML     KML       GeoRSS       WFS    GeoJSON



                             Consume
The power and potential of de-facto standards.
GoogleEarth
Google Layers
KML
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/
documentation/kmlreference.html
OGC KML 2.2   http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml/
<georss:point>
  +      45.256 -71.92
      </georss:point>




GeoRSS          http://georss.org
Spatialite
CSV - Comma Separated Value

   "name","holepar","holeyardage","holenumber","latitude","longitude"
   "Simple placemark","4.0","234.0","1.0","-121.082203542568","37.4222899014025"
   "Simple placemark 2","3.0","100.0","2.0","-121.082203542568","37.4222899014025"


   "name","holepar","holeyardage","holenumber","address"
   "Simple placemark","4.0","234.0","1.0","1517 N. Main St., Royal Oak, MI"
   "Simple placemark 2","3.0","100.0","2.0","2200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA"
GeoPDF
Mobile
Mobline Placemarking
cab4me




   Android Innovations
VoteReport   http://twittervotereport.com
Crowd-Curation
...and iterate.
Create a participatory
          democracy.
InaugurationReport   http://inaugurationreport.com
Lessons Learned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregorio/40268917



Hurricanes Katrina
         and Rita
Damage Awareness   Hurricane Katrina
Crisis Reporting
Hurricane Katrina
Save our Schools
School Facilities Master
Plan for Orleans Parish
Regional-Modernism
School Facilities
   Master Plan
Geolocated Plans   Save our Schools
Historic Photographs   Save our Schools
Taylor’s 1924 Map
Taylor’s Map - Rectified
Scientifically Minded
Huey P. Long Ave
Taylor’s 1924 Map of
         New Orleans
maps.thinknola.com   Save our Schools
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Disparate Data Centers




                         http://www.flickr.com/photos/vermininc
Unique Data Formats




                      http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajturner/3736209089
Difficult to Use Tools




                        http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitterlysweet/33358201
Lacking in Interfaces




                        http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstorz/455544132
Missing Metadata




                   http://www.flickr.com/photos/jweise/2851083791
Not Scalable




               http://www.flickr.com/photos/kisocci/3675950734
Static
Tightly Controlled &




                       http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/201034654
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Share your Data   http://finder.geocommons.com
Build on Data   http://maker.geocommons.com
Encourage People to Share Data
Geospatially Enable
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Geographic Context Example Elements
address      event          point         station
(physical)   facility       port          street
address      geography      position      suburb
(postal)
             house          post          terrain
area
             household      property      territory
bearing
             incident       region        topography
bearings
             latitude       reservation   town
city
             locale         residence     tract
community
             locality       river reach   venue
compass
             locate         route         vicinity
country
             location       scene         village
direction
             longitude      site          watershed
distance
             neighborhood   situation     where
district
             pinpoint       space         whereabouts
domicile
             place          spot          ZIP code
GeoReferencing: Geocoding
GeoReferencing: Spatial Join
GeoReferencing Process
Data
Attribute
Coercion
Geographic
Attribute
Identification
Geospatial
Attribute
Identification
Geospatial
Taxonomy
Identification
Verification
How to encourage providing metadata?
Wiki Sharing of Data   http://www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/
                       Hurricane_Ike_GIS_Resources
Traditional Dialog Boxes
Simple Forms
Explorable
Data Sharing
Data Attributes
Data Description with Metadata Standards




                                   • FGDC
                                   • ISO 19115
                                   • Microformats
                                   • Meta
                                   • Hyperlinks
What about searching through metadata?
Complicated Interfaces
Folksonomy and Search
Make Sharing the Default
Data Sharing with Common, Open Standards

                                    • KML
                                    • Shapefile
                                    • CSV
                                    • Atom
                                    • JSON


                                    • WFS
                                    • Spatialite
Dynamic Data
Datasets as Databases

 Upload     KML
            Shapefile                 Visualize
            CSV (Excel)
            GeoRSS
            Documents
                          Download



          Finder                      Maker

          Parse &
            Store                    Analyze



                          Core
Spread the Data
Geospatial Federated
     Search Search
Geospatial Catalog and Server
Geospatial Federated
     Search Search
Encourage People to Explore
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Data Sharing via Map Making
Visualization
Combine Multiple Datasets
Analysis
Temporal Displays
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Daytime Crime
Nighttime Crime
Customized, Offline Rendering
Cloud Architecture



                    create
                  instance
                                        Cache
                                                           S3
                                      Downloads

         v1.4.3                     Snapshot
                      attach data
      Default
     Datasets

                                         Backup   Backup    Backup
Multiple Output
KML   Spatialite   Atom
Web Maps
KML Export
KML + 3D   AreYouSafeDC
GeoPDF
Wind Energy vs. Gas Price




                       GeoPDF
Maps as Social Objects
Maps as Social, Archivable Objects
Asante Sana
                               GeoWeb
e: andrew@highearthorbit.com
b: highearthorbit.com
t: twitter.com/ajturner

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