The Open GIS Consortium which works on geoprocessing interoperability computing standards proposes this definion for Web Map Services : A Web Map Service (WMS) produces maps of georeferenced data. We define a "map" as a visual representation of geodata; a map is not the data itself. This specificat...
[MyResearch] Overlapping space and joint problem space
I would like to show how people use spatial features (contained in a kind of team spatial mental model or individual spatial mental model which needs to be grounded) to solve problem together and coordinate. I'd like to find which collaborative processes are involved and if spatial features like lo...
"Autres bâtiments vendus par le conseil général, un immeuble avenue Foch (6e) et ceux qui abritent actuellement les archives départementales rue Servient (3e) et rue de Montauban (5e). Archives qui seront regroupées dans un nouvel immeuble construit sur un terrain du département du Rhône derrière l...
[Weird] Geek Activity
Via CNN.comTechies met at Foo Camp to ponder the future but : For relaxation, campers drank microbrews, tossed Frisbees, and disassembled a Toyota Prius, then put it back together again (it was a rental). Clearly, this was not your average technology conference. ...
[MyResearch] Space a socio-cognitive prothesis
Nice title for my phd topic :) Real space as well as virtual space could indeed be considered as a socio-cognitive prothesis in the sense that: - it extends one's memory: putting paper in different categories on the floor for instance. - it allows a division of labor - ... - more later :p ...
[MyResearch] Location and tracking system
I think the following paper should be considered as seminal in the field of estimating the position of a mobile device : P. Bahl and V. N. Padmanabhan, "Radar: An in-building rf-based user location and tracking system," In Proceedings of the IEEE Infocom 2000, Tel-Aviv, Israel, vol. 2, Mar. 2000, p...
[Weird] Aliens Cause Global Warming
Nice text from Michael Crichton, in fact a lecture given at Caltech Michelin Lecture. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global...
[Space] Smart Words about Locative Media
Via drew hemment : Locative media uses portable, networked, location aware computing devices for user-led mapping and artistic interventions in which geographical space becomes its canvas. The rhetoric of locative media gestures to a utopian near-future in which the digital domain and geographical ...
[MyResearch] Ideas around my phD (draft difficult to read)
I come up with ideas that could be implemented and could be close to my research interests (studying socio-cognitive processes occuring during collaboration). In a mobile situations (indoor but in real life) I was wondering if we could use two types of problem solving situations in which space is m...
Transport Regulation in Paris
I found how RATP (Paris Public Transport Operator) regulates the flow of buses. Here are several snapshots of the command screen : This one is for the users : ...