Net-Map: an interview based mapping tool

Net-Map is an interview-based mapping tool that helps people understand, visualize, discuss, and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes. By creating Influence Network Maps, individuals and groups can clarify their own view of a situation, foster discussion, and develop a strategic approach to their networking activities. More specifically, Net-Map helps players to determine what actors are involved in a given network, how they are linked, how influential they are, and what their goals are.

More info: netmap or www.visualcomplexity.com.

10 cool GPS apps according to WIRED

A page to bookmark, found in WIRED.

Inside the GPS revolution it's more than maps and driving directions: location-aware phones and apps now deliver the hidden information that lets users make connections and interact with the world in ways they never imagined. The future is here and it's in your pocket.

JOYity

JOYity is an application for mobile phones using Android.

JOYity is an app that allows you to not only play a game, but also design your own game. Designing your own game is about as easy as playing an existing game, which is pretty impressive.



The phone ... monitors our location through it's GPS. Every so often, depending on how long the game has been running, our location, or other factors, the developer has set triggers such as text and picture messages that will give us clues as to where we need to go next.

JOYity is a completely new experience that has a lot of potential. This is essentially a create your own Massive Multiplayer Trans-Reality Game. Not only that, but once the game has been created, anyone can run their own version of it by themselves or with others and have a chance to enjoy a very interactive game.

Guide by Cell

Guide by Cell turns cell phones into audio guides. (...) Record over phone or upload audio to create tour. Visitors use their cell phones to hear audio. Real-time web statistics show amazing information. (...) Use text messaging to engage younger audience, or use to train staff. Collect feedback by visitors leaving comments.

Doyoupoken?

A keychain to connect digitally with your friends: www.doyoupoken.com/

With your poken you instantly connect with new friends across online social networks when and where you meet them. The poken hand pulls out of the body, revealing a USB connector. Insert the USB connector into any computer with web access to easily upload your new contacts to the Poken web database. You choose which of your social network profiles you would like to share with people when you meet them in the real world. A small logo of each social network you choose is displayed as a link on your « Poken Card ,» which shows only your most basic information. Your contacts can view your Poken Card on doyoupoken.com, but, if they want to see more, they only have to click the logo to see your profile on the social networking site you’ve chosen to share. On the Poken site you and your friends can view your contacts alphabetically, or chronologically in your "social timeline." You can also send messages, group contacts with a label, write notes for yourself about each contact, and so much more.

Tagmaps

TagMaps is a toolkit to visualize text (well, tags) geographically on a map. Check out the sample applications, where we use Flickr tags on a map to build a world exploration tool.

Urban Earth

website and blog.

URBAN EARTH is a project to (re)present our habitat by walking across some of Earth's biggest urban areas. Central to URBAN EARTH is (re)presenting cities to show what they are really like for the people who live there - a direct challenge to the media that distort the reality of the places in which most of us now live.

URBAN EARTH is is a project to (re)present our urban habitat through a series of walks. At its heart URBAN EARTH is a story of adventure. Not the kind of adventure that is untouchable, but one that we can step into as soon as we step out of our front doors. URBAN EARTH is about exploring the spaces in which we live.

Films are made by making a picture every 8 steps.