Deep Mapping Bogota: Urban Mediation in the Tropical Highlands
It has been almost three months since I returned to Bogota. Quickly, I have tried to adapt to its scale, flows, and rhythms. It has been quite an intense experi...
Tag: mapping
Learning with Digital and Participatory Maps
In the digital era, maps are everywhere -from large-scale displays within galleries and museums, to mobile smartphone screens. Not only do maps allow us to navi...
GPS Traces as Drawings
The possibility of recording movements in space is something that has attracted me since I was a kid. I loved to draw maps of my journeys and document the path ...
FOSS Mapping as Alternative Media: The Case of OpenStreetMap (Part 4)
OSM in Action. During the six years of history, the OSM project has been able to grow thanks to the volunteer work of an active community of amateur mappers and...
FOSS Mapping as Alternative Media: The Case of OpenStreetMap (Part 3)
Meeting at the Crossroads Maps are a form of media that display geographic information and spatial data. They are graphic statements that carry a message about ...
FOSS Mapping as Alternative Media: The Case of OpenStreetMap (Part 1)
On January 12 2010, after the catastrophic earthquake (magnitude 7.0 Mw) near Port au Prince that triggered a humanitarian crisis, hundreds of volunteers distri...
The Circuit of Culture of the GPS Personal Navigation Device (Part 1)
The first time I heard about GPS enabled navigation devices was during the Persian Gulf War when television reporters highlighted the use of GPS technology by t...