Distributed Urban Information Systems

[Stephen Guerin]

Here's a typical blog about the emergence of end-user tools for digital capture
of urban information:
       
http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-5-urban-gadgets-and-software.html

The last bit is interesting where they say:
"""
We know that there are users our there that view SketchUp as a tool for the
masses and frown upon its simple tool set and interface. Yet this is what its
all about, mass participation in modeling and geographic information using
simple to use yet powerful toolsets.

In essence this is the start of a longer list of recommend hardware and software
of note is our lack of mention of ESRI, 3D Max, Laser Scanners or other high end
software/hardware.

The market is changing and with it both the software and levels of hardware
required, to be continued..
"""


So it's becoming an interesting question of what a community might be able to do
when you combine data collection via SketchUp, Google Maps/Earth, cheap GPS
devices, and GeoCoded photos and augment that with 3D GIS-based agent-based
models. What type of applications could we imagine if data could be managed in a
peer-to-peer way with groups within the community having private and public data
layers? How might these tools help a community organize around different issues?

-S

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Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
www.Redfish.com
624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
mobile: [phone]
office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]

[John Goekler-2]

Check the next level of personal recon with your own UAV and Google Earth
from Global Guerillas

   Global Guerrillas
<http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/> [image:
Link to Global Guerrillas]<http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/>

JOURNAL: DIY Hi Def
Recon<http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/rzYD/~3/159908234/journal-diy-hi-.html>

Posted: 22 Sep 2007 09:38 AM GMT-06:00
 Chris Anderson (the editor of Wired magazine) has been pushing the envelope
of do-it-yourself
reconnaissance<http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/09/uav-image-proce.html>using
low
cost UAVs <http://diydrones.com/>, stitching
software<http://pictearthusa.com/>(in conjunction with Google Earth),
a GPS
datalogger<http://www.unityelectronics.com/product-product_id/4065/m/i_Blue/p/I_BLUE747>($99),
and digital cameras (the Canon
PowerShot SD650<http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B000ENPDSW/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4692811-9911312?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1190472398&sr=8-1>,
at 6 MP). Yet another global guerrilla tinkering project for applications in
security and disaster response.



On 9/23/07, Stephen Guerin <stephen.guerin at redfish.com> wrote:

>
> Here's a typical blog about the emergence of end-user tools for digital
> capture
> of urban information:
>
>
> http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-5-urban-gadgets-and-software.html
>
> The last bit is interesting where they say:
> """
> We know that there are users our there that view SketchUp as a tool for
> the
> masses and frown upon its simple tool set and interface. Yet this is what
> its
> all about, mass participation in modeling and geographic information using
> simple to use yet powerful toolsets.
>
> In essence this is the start of a longer list of recommend hardware and
> software
> of note is our lack of mention of ESRI, 3D Max, Laser Scanners or other
> high end
> software/hardware.
>
> The market is changing and with it both the software and levels of
> hardware
> required, to be continued..
> """
>
>
> So it's becoming an interesting question of what a community might be able
> to do
> when you combine data collection via SketchUp, Google Maps/Earth, cheap
> GPS
> devices, and GeoCoded photos and augment that with 3D GIS-based
> agent-based
> models. What type of applications could we imagine if data could be
> managed in a
> peer-to-peer way with groups within the community having private and
> public data
> layers? How might these tools help a community organize around different
> issues?
>
> -S
>
> --- -. .   ..-. .. ... ....   - .-- ---   ..-. .. ... ....
> Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> www.Redfish.com
> 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> mobile: [phone]
> office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
>
>
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> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>

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[Carl Tollander]

Also, the October Sky and Telescope ($6, Smith's grocery store) reports
on an astronomy camera/software setup  that lets you put easily stitch
together a large number of images to increase resolution.  Imaging
Source's DMK 21AF04.  Relatively inexpensive as these things go ($390,
www.astronomycameras.com) , let's you get into multispectral imaging
stuff.  Not that there are non-astronomy teeming throngs waiting to do
such things, but it is cool.  (Actually I can think of some apps, but
they're not particularly distributed, urban or social).

C.

John Goekler wrote:

> Check the next level of personal recon with your own UAV and Google
> Earth from Global Guerillas
>  
>
>
>   Global Guerrillas
>   <http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/>
>
> Link to Global Guerrillas
> <http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/>
>
> JOURNAL: DIY Hi Def Recon
> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/typepad/rzYD/%7E3/159908234/journal-diy-hi-.html>
>
>
> Posted: 22 Sep 2007 09:38 AM GMT-06:00
>
> Chris Anderson (the editor of Wired magazine) has been pushing the
> envelope of do-it-yourself reconnaissance
> <http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/09/uav-image-proce.html>
> using low cost UAVs <http://diydrones.com/>, stitching software
> <http://pictearthusa.com/> (in conjunction with Google Earth), a GPS
> datalogger
> <http://www.unityelectronics.com/product-product_id/4065/m/i_Blue/p/I_BLUE747>
> ($99), and digital cameras (the Canon PowerShot SD650
> <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B000ENPDSW/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4692811-9911312?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1190472398&sr=8-1>,
> at 6 MP). Yet another global guerrilla tinkering project for
> applications in security and disaster response.
>
>
>
>  
> On 9/23/07, *Stephen Guerin* <stephen.guerin at redfish.com
> <mailto:stephen.guerin at redfish.com>> wrote:
>
>     Here's a typical blog about the emergence of end-user tools for
>     digital capture
>     of urban information:
>
>     http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-5-urban-gadgets-and-software.html
>
>     The last bit is interesting where they say:
>     """
>     We know that there are users our there that view SketchUp as a
>     tool for the
>     masses and frown upon its simple tool set and interface. Yet this
>     is what its
>     all about, mass participation in modeling and geographic
>     information using
>     simple to use yet powerful toolsets.
>
>     In essence this is the start of a longer list of recommend
>     hardware and software
>     of note is our lack of mention of ESRI, 3D Max, Laser Scanners or
>     other high end
>     software/hardware.
>
>     The market is changing and with it both the software and levels of
>     hardware
>     required, to be continued..
>     """
>
>
>     So it's becoming an interesting question of what a community might
>     be able to do
>     when you combine data collection via SketchUp, Google Maps/Earth,
>     cheap GPS
>     devices, and GeoCoded photos and augment that with 3D GIS-based
>     agent-based
>     models. What type of applications could we imagine if data could
>     be managed in a
>     peer-to-peer way with groups within the community having private
>     and public data
>     layers? How might these tools help a community organize around
>     different issues?
>
>     -S
>
>     --- -. .   ..-. .. ... ....   - .-- ---   ..-. .. ... ....
>     Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com <mailto:Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com>
>     www.Redfish.com <http://www.Redfish.com>
>     624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
>     mobile: [phone]
>     office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
>
>
>     ============================================================
>     FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>     Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
>     lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
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>
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> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
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