By Eric Gordon
The 1st publication to supply an advent to the recent conception of web Locality and the profound influence on participants and societies whilst every thing is found or locatable. Describes web locality as an rising kind of situation know-how vital to all elements of electronic media, from cellphones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and video games, akin to Foursquare and facebook.Warns of the threats those applied sciences, corresponding to facts surveillance, current to our feel of privateness, whereas additionally outlining the possibilities for pro-social developments.Provides a thought of the net within the context of the heritage of rising applied sciences, from GeoCities to GPS, wireless, Wiki Me, and Google Android.
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Similarly, projections on urban spaces might also promote social interaction and communication (Spohrer, 1999, p. 609). 1 In this pioneering use of satellite technology, the artists placed a life-sized screen showing live images of the streets of New York in Los Angeles and vice versa. Without previous warnings or signs, people in each city paused in front of the screens and began chatting with their remote counterparts. The video documentation of the piece during three consecutive days shows that initially the public was mesmerized by the possibility of live interaction with the other city, often doubting that the people on the other side were actually there.
With this, the population of single function maps on the web exploded. 3 At the same time, a number of new platforms launched that sought to take advantage of the multi-functional possibilities of maps. While a Google map can display a single dataset, unless it is purposively restricted, the interface is open to accessing other data as well. Systems such as Platial and Frappr were designed to take advantage of the multi-functional possibilities of mapping. ’’ Using the Google API, Platial provides an easy way of mapping people and things around specific topics.
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