Mobile

Emit #3 – Things are Moving

Feb 16, 2018 · 4 min read · GeoSpatial iot lora lorawan SensorThings thethingsnetwork ·

This is Emit #3, in a series of blog-posts around the Smart Emission Platform , an Open Source software component framework that facilitates the acquisition, processing and (OGC web-API) unlocking of spatiotemporal sensor-data, mainly for Air Quality. In Emit #1 , the big picture of the platform was sketched. …

Emit #1 – Into Spatiotemporal

Jan 20, 2018 · 6 min read · air quality FOSS FOSS4G gdal geoserver GeoSpatial GIS NLExtract PostGIS sensors SensorThings SOS stetl ·

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One of my new year’s resolutions for 2018 was to “blog more”. Not being very active on the well-known social media: a bit tired of Twitter, never really into Facebook, bit of LinkedIn. OSGeo mailing lists , GitHub and Gitter is where you can find me most (thanks Jody, for reminding!). And I read many blogs, especially …

GPS Hiking and The Evolution of Navigation

Aug 26, 2015 · 3 min read · evolution GeoSpatial gps map5 natural navigation nltopo top10nl ·

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GPS Hiking and The Evolution of Navigation

On sunday August 25, 2015 I provided a talk/workshop for a local knowledge network of friends and acquaintances in Amsterdam. TLDR; see gps.justobjects.nl . Originally, I would talk about “Hiking with GPS”. But as I started pondering about this subject I decided to broaden the content to include also the evolution of …

Making a Mobile Game at Picnic 2007

Oct 3, 2007 · 1 min read ·

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-- At Picnic 07 we held 2 workshops using our WalkAndPlay mobile gamekit (based on GeoTracing ). Here participants can Create, Play and View a GPS-based locative mobile game. Below is one of the results from the Picnic Junior Workshop for highschools . You may also want to view the high resolution movie . This …

Tracking Schuttevaer Sailing Race 2007

Jun 8, 2007 · 1 min read ·

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During June 7-9, 2007 the Dutch Schuttevaerrace was covered live using Just Objects’ GeoTracing platform in combination with Falcom Mambo GPS/GPRS tracking devices attached onboard with 15 boats. I did …

Waag Society Sarai Workshop with GeoTracing

Apr 2, 2007 · 1 min read ·

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-- Waag Society held a Locative Media workshop @ Sarai Media lab, Delhi, India using GeoTracing . View the video for an impression.

Bliin

Nov 20, 2006 · 1 min read ·

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Users create ‘bliins’ to navigate and monitor their interests in a location or area. bliins can be saved and shared amongst users. Another GeoTracing project: “bliin is a social networking service where users can spot, trace and share experiences — pictures, videos, audio and text — with one another in real-time on a …

Sense of Brainport

Nov 20, 2006 · 1 min read ·

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-- Sense of Brainport again a GeoTracing project was launched on September 21, 2006. During one week participants from Brainport were “geotracing” the region of Eindhoven/”Zuid Oost Brabant” with a mobile phone and a GPS. During the event they could be traced in real-time on the map . While tracing the tracers are …

Sense of the City

Apr 25, 2006 · 1 min read ·

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-- Sense of the City the latest GeoTracing project was launched on april 21, 2006. During the last week of april 2006, ten civilians are “geotracing” the Dutch city of Eindhoven with a mobile phone and a GPS. During the event they can be traced in real-time on the map . While tracing the tracers are posting photos …

GeoDrawing in the Night

Nov 8, 2005 · 2 min read ·

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Again I had the opportunity to do a fun and technically challenging geo-project using my GeoTracing platform: developing a GPS-based mobile drawing game for the Amsterdam Museum Night . Teams would go into the city where they compete on who would (geo)draw the most beautiful “8” by walking with a GPS and a mobile …