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MP3 From Edinburgh Historical Society

Meant to post this ages ago. Its an ok quality recording of one of our early trips with our phone app that didnt go so well. it was with Edinburgh Historical Society and the outcomes proved interesting for the developers. … Continue reading

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First iPhone App

Hi guys this is a workshop i’m giving with Jen Southern at FutureSonic next week… http://www.socialtechsummit.org/jenSouthernAndChrisSpeed it uses a small iPhone App coded by Jochen from Informatics… http://www.comob.org.uk

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GPS and APRS

Stumbled across this interesting post as an alternative to using smart phones.  Using radio networks rather than phones to relay GPS information, it’s like a CB version of twitter.

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Shadows from another place

This online art piece by Paula Levine is an interesting take on GPS the origin of  surveillance technologies. “Shadows from another place” is a series of hypothetical mappings, web-based and site specific, that use Global Positioning Systems to imagine the … 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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