Jasonmcdermott » maps http://www.jasonmcdermott.net Design, design, design. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:07:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 pachube coffee and gps http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2010/04/pachube-coffee-and-gps/ http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2010/04/pachube-coffee-and-gps/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:18:17 +0000 Jason http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/?p=875 Below is a small experiment I’m currently running; very informally I’m updating a pachube feed (‘cups of coffee today’) with the current location data. It’s a bit of an odd experiment – I’m not really always drinking coffee, but once I set it up (using the pachube iphone app, which is pretty simple to use) I discovered that it logged the location of each coffee cup consumed. Not so exciting I know, but I’m interested in the notion that my daily activities and movements can be logged, tracked in some sense and collected to form an image – be that automatically or manually logged data. It’s by no means new territory, but I’m keen to see how it all works out. There’s a chance that the ‘update feed by twitter’ tool will come in handy, but who knows at this point.So as I said, It’s a bit of a mish-mash, however there are a few things of interest. 1. I can log 0 cups of coffee, which will update the location but keep my caffeine intake low. 2. When i do have a cup of coffee the daily tally will increase and I’ll be able to see where and when it all happens (at work, that’s a no brainer..). 3. Along comes this openstreetmap based project from the pachube apps page – Trails.Have a look for yourself, just how well or unwell my coffee consumption is going over the last 24 hours.. Hopefully, if you’re reading this you’ll see a map below, with a gps overlay of location (x,y) and consumption (z) data. If not, then perhaps I’ve not updated in a while. Nonetheless, it’s got me thinking about these new consumer (no pun intended) tools which are now readily available – and free.Not sure where this will go, not exactly sure where it belongs, but it’s worth mentioning at least.Drink up!

]]> http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2010/04/pachube-coffee-and-gps/feed/ 5 Google Maps GPS http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2009/12/google-maps-gps/ http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2009/12/google-maps-gps/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:39:35 +0000 Jason http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/?p=801 Sydney GPSThis might come in handy to some of you, it has made life remarkably easier for me in recent months;Steps involved;1. navigate to a desired location in google maps2. paste this script into the url bar + hit enter
javascript:void(prompt(”,gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

3. a window will pop up showing you the gps coordinates of that location4. done!Hope it helps!

]]> http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2009/12/google-maps-gps/feed/ 0 Google, Koolhaas & Cloverfield http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2008/11/google-koolhaas-cloverfield/ http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2008/11/google-koolhaas-cloverfield/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:11:23 +0000 Jason http://jasonmcdermott.net/?p=2007 Call it the trifecta – today I came across a link to a google map indicating the locations of events in the 2007 movie ‘Cloverfield‘, which is rather funny and well worth a look.

Is it just me, or does it look like the google New York illustrators have taken inspiration from Rem Koollhaas’s 1978 book ‘Delirious New York‘?

]]> http://www.jasonmcdermott.net/2008/11/google-koolhaas-cloverfield/feed/ 0