Aaron Sauer and Jeong APLNG 083 T GEOEVERYTHING

Aaron Sauer and Jeong APLNG 083 T GEO-EVERYTHING TECHNOLOGY

Geo-Everything � Everything on Earth’s surface has location —expressed in two coordinates � Easy to capture/determine exact location � Geolocation, geotagging, and locationaware devices � Geolocative data can be manipulated

Geotagging (geolocation) � Associate digital resource w/ physical location � Adding geographical meta data to photos, RSS feeds, and websites � Define coordinate, location name, etc � Refer to the location the page/photo is about

Mobile and web-based services � Radar �News, blog posts, restaurant reviews, etc � Buzzd �Local Info + user ratings and tips �http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=94 Fe. Pa. Ly. Pag � Trak and Twinkle—mobile Twitter clients �Add location to tweets �indicate friends �Show tweets

Cont. � Collage �Upload geotagged photo �Browse photos nearby or around the world � Mobile Fotos �Flickr browser/ uploader app �Geotag photos before upload to Flickr

Don’t have a device w/ built-in geolocative capability? � Many other options � Free or Inexpensive tools to capture and display geolocative data are available � Photo Finder by ATP Electronics � Nikon GP-1 � Google Maps � Google Earth � Flickr Maps

Photo Finder by ATP Electronics and Nikon GP-1 � Capture GPS data and synchronize it to a camera’s data card to geotag the photos automatically. � Won’t have to think where you took the picture � Track the exact location and time of where your pictures were taken � Photo Finder � Nikon GP-1

Google Maps and Google Earth Who has used Google Maps and/or Google Earth? � Anywhere in the world � Google Maps - i. Phone -Labeling Streets, Neighborhoods, Buildings � Google Earth - satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3 D buildings �

Flickr Maps � Viewers can see at a glance what tags are currently being applied in a given region. � http: //www. flickr. com/map � Search anything you want � Pictures from all over the world uploaded to Flickr

Education � Study migrations of animals, birds and epidemics � Data can include weather, population and urban development � Study and track trends/patterns � Create annotated maps and real- world locations related to works of literature �The Travels of Marco Polo

Virtual geocaching � Placing media in an online “drop box” and tagging it with a specific geographic location � Drop. io Location �geocode your collection of content—“drop” �embedded map �use a GPS to go to coordinates and find a cache

Pros & Cons � Broader access to greater amount of info (ex. field research opportunities, social networking) � Geotagging ideal for retail sites and tourism sites � Privacy issue � Data overload

Questions � What would you most use the technology for? � What did you learn today that you didn’t know before?