Post on 16-Apr-2017
GeoWeb and Planning
GeoWeb Concepts, Tools & ApplicationsMatthew Dance M.A.@mattdance
This will be on the exam
OverviewMap Concepts PlaceGIS & PPGISGeoWeb and other related ideasTools (for making maps)The Big 2FOSSApplications (more maps)A bunch of pretty maps
Concepts: Place
1960s NeoGeography?
Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City, 1960
Lynch was perhaps one of the first to use crowdsourced data in his research. He compiled mental maps of Boston, New York and Jersy City that were derived from interviews with people who lived within those cities. This could represent the first PPGIS5
Mental Maps
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There was a path in the woods there, and we call that Moonies run because our teacher, Mr. Moonie, lived right there. My friend played guitar and I played guitar, and we used to take our amps, carry our amps across back and forth across the river. At this point here right in the middle of the bridge was we deemed that as perfectly half way, so we would say, Okay, Ill meet you on the bridge. But yeah, I spent a lot of time down there, in Gold Bar.
ChrisUnderstanding of Place
Thematic clusters around:Sports and recreation activitiesActivity routesImpressions of placeMemories of placeSpecial placesNotions of power relative to place7
What is place?Place is defined as being comprised of three dimensions (after Relph, 1976):1. Observable activities that occur in relation to the location;2. The meanings that are created by a person in that location, and;3. The physical features that comprise the locations concrete or tangible attributes.
Themes such as:IsolationGetting away from it allConnecting with people
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Situating citizens:Who is a place expert?"Given a large enoughbeta-testerand co-developerbase, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix will be obvious to someone."Eric Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, 1999
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Place-based Digital Infrastructure
IOTGeoWebLocation ServicesUbicompAugmented RealityReal-time Push
The combination of these plus other emerging location based technologies will set the stage for a digital infrastructure that will define, in part, a new way of making places that goes beyond check-ins and maps that locate businesses and restaurant reviews.
These data will be crowdsoucred and verified by . The crowd.
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Concepts: Gis etc.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.From: www.ESRI.com
PPGIS the early yearsA practice where GIS technology and methods are used in support of public participation and decision making in a number of domain applications (Sieber, 2000).Top down & authority drivenNOT collaborativeConcerned with problems defined by authoritiesStakeholders are to be mined for data
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GeoWebLocation Based Data + Abstract Information = Geographic World Wide Web AKA GeoWebUnderpinned by:Global Positioning SystemsApplication Programming InterfaceVolunteered Geographic InformationNeogreography
Mapping Tools
Open Data
data.edmonton.cadata.gc.cageogratis.gc.cadata.gov
Etc
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Google Maps
Google Earth
Free & Open Source Software
OSMA collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable satellite navigation devices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap
Haiti Crisis Map Edits
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OSM iD Editor
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http://metro.teczno.com/#edmonton
FOSS Geo StackData Source (Open Data / OSM)+{Data Base (PostGIS)}+Visualization Tools (QGIS + TileMill)+Map Server (MapBox)OrPHP Tile Server & Leaflet
Applications more maps
Open DataGoogle Map Maker@grambetahttps://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=za_RWqp4i4ic.k8h6FCSdeqZI
http://planyourplace.ca/flooding_2013/
https://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/locals/#14/37.7793/-122.4337
http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html
http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html
http://labratrevenge.com/pdx/#12/45.4802/-122.6706
http://labratrevenge.com/pdx/#12/45.4802/-122.6706
Questions, comments?Matthew Dance@mattdance