Howdy!
The Where 2.0 CFP closes tomorrow. I'd love to see more Wankers in the
submission system.
Just go to the link to submit. http://en.oreilly.com/where2009/
I've included some of the topics below.
cheers,
brady
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Some of the topics on the radar for Where 2.0 are:
Location-Aware: We will be exploring the implications of our new
location-enabled lives, particularly around mobile phones and transponders.
What feature is worth sharing your location?
Reality Mining: With the increase in location data come more macro views of our
lives. If you want to know where to go in San Francisco, for example, City
Sense will show you which parts of the city are hopping. What does this type of
information mean for consumers and the enterprise?
Augmented Reality: The location-enabled phone will become a viewfinder for our
world. Your phone will be able to tell you what you are looking at. It will
also let you leave notes for the next person. What are other cool projects in
the works?
Immersive and 3D Imagery: There's an imagery battle happening and consumers are
winning. Our world is being documented to an unprecedented degree. While two
device manufacturers acquired the mapping data companies, the internet giants
have invested in cameras, planes, and satellites. Where will this take the
location industry?
Mapping Tables: It's difficult to collaborate in person with an online slippy
map; a paper spread out on a table or tacked to a wall is still better. Digital
mapping tables are attempting to beat back paper once and for all. By providing
everyone the same view and editing capabilities plus the ability to turn on and
off layers, will they be able to do it?
Government 2.0: Governments are treasure troves of data. Increasingly they are
releasing it online for free. ESRI's release of ArcGIS has also aided the
battle by providing municipalities with this ability. This data is aiding both
the citizen and Government agencies. How is this critical information being put
to use?
Crowdsourcing: Pioneered by OSM, the rest of the mapping industry is catching
up. Let's examine where they are taking it.
Disease Awareness: Our increasingly connected world allows diseases to spread
in record time. These same networks alert us to outbreaks. We're going to
examine new geocentric approaches to epidemiology.
Cartography: Each map has a distinctive look and feel. What are the trends in
design and user experience?
Workshops
Back by popular demand, Where 2.0 will have a full day of workshops where
participants can dig deep into a range of issues and leave the conference armed
with new tools and skills. Workshops are one hour and fifteen minutes in length
and will be held on Tuesday, May 19. Topics we'd like to explore include, but
are not exclusive to:
Geo Support in Web Application Frameworks: As people design their own mapping
applications, there has been a need for built-in geo support. We're looking for
workshops that teach about Mapstraction, Modest Maps, Open Layers, GeoDjango,
GeoRuby, MapCruncher, and other tools.
Mapping APIs: The location space would not have gotten as far as it has today
without all of the innovation in the mapping API space. How can you test the
limits of these free resources?
GeoTargeting: Knowing users' locations has never been more important.
Identifying it accurately can be difficult and expensive. What are the best
methods?
Privacy Implications: As you are collecting user data, keeping track of your
users, or collecting geodata, are you aware of the relevant laws? What would
you teach others?
GeoBrowsers: Google Earth and NASA WorldWind are both amazing geobrowsers. How
can you get the most out of them?
Data Management: Geo applications work with massive amounts of data. What are
the tools, tips, and tricks that can be used to manage it?
Protocols and Formats: GeoRSS, GML, KML, EXIF, Microformats, Geo OpenSearch.
Which formats are on the way in and which ones are on the way out?
These are just some of the technologies and transformations we've noticed and
represent just the starting point for the program. While we'd like you to tap
into the theme as your inspiration in writing your proposal, feel free to
wander. What are you working on that will change the world, or at least the
world you're in? What project is bringing you pleasure, or teasing your brain?
Surprise and delight us; shake us out of our assumptions. We're angling for
shorter talks with longer breaks so you'll have more time for one-on-one
interactions.
Brady Forrest
O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
@brady
Brady Forrest
O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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