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25th January
Gordon McKinlay is currently “acting up” as a senior adviser within Renfrewshire. He takes us through the world of Geo Tagging.
What is Geotagging?
This is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to media This data usually consists of latitude and longitude coordinates, though it can also include altitude, bearing, and place names.
For more information visit Gordon’s blog at http://gordonsramblings.blogspot.com/
Categories: future, geo tagging
Comments
Comment from Derek Robertson
Time: January 25, 2008, 9:27 am
The Futurelab project that Gordon was talking about is called Mudlarking in Deptford. It can be viewed via this link:
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/projects/mudlarking_in_deptford
You may also want to look at another project they did using GPS devices. This was called Savannah:
Comment from Andrew Brown
Time: January 25, 2008, 9:51 am
At TED last year, Blaise Aguera y Arcas talked about ‘Photosynth’, a project involving collating images with geotagging info and displaying them in a fascinating way.
Comment from Gordon McKinlay
Time: January 25, 2008, 8:23 pm
It was nice see everyone this morning. Thanks for the chance to be involved. I hope it was what folk were looking for.
I have updated the post this evening with some of the links I didn’t include earlier.
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