Monthly Archives: April 2009

Jen Southern – Running Stitch

I’m working on a new piece for FutureSonic with Jen that explores collaborative Mapping. Features an iPhone app that is development. In the meantime read about running stitch… http://www.satellitebureau.net/p8.php Running Stitch is a 5m x 5m tapestry map, created live … Continue reading

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daniel belasco rogers

I’ve always like the way that GPS trails lay down a sort of social history – a trace of human activity. Google maps show everything. Warts and all. http://www.planbperformance.net/dan/mapping.htm As Rogers traces his way around cities it develops highly peculiar … Continue reading

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Escape from the Tower of London

This is relevant in the context of locative media, and encouraging user groups to ‘be in’ a place in time. HP’s Mediascape technology has brought the Jacobite Nithsdale and other ghosts from the Tower of London back to life in … Continue reading

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The Silence Project

This was a fascinating GPS / Audio project I worked on with Dr. Elisa Giaccardi at Boulder. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70z6SJjL8zs http://www.thesilence.org/ Silence of the Lands enables participants to map and annotate the soundscape of urban and natural environments. Participants can record and … Continue reading

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Great War Digital

This is quite interesting but limited to a specific historical frame: The Great War 1914-1918. It uses Windows Mobile and more specifically Memory Map to download specifc maps. http://www.greatwardigital.com/pda.shtml

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