User-Generated Map and Meaning Making via Foursquare

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User-Generated Map & Meaning Making via Foursquare Presented by Glen Farrelly

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Due to prior technical barriers, it was difficult for citizens to make and distribute their own maps and geographic information. The mobile application Foursquare , however, is giving citizens the power to define, annotate, and discover their own spaces.

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User-Generated Map & Meaning Making via Foursquare

Presented by Glen Farrelly

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Sense of Place

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Foursquare

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User-generated Content

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Method

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Contextual Inquiry

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Findings

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Foursquare User TypesThe CuriousWants to see what’s going on

The NarcissistPublishes vanity information

The GamerStrives for honours & titles

The AdvocatePromotes socio-political causes

The ProfessionalFurthers their business goals

The CartographerAdds & helps define places

The Socializer Seeks to make & communicate with friends

The ExplorerFinds new places & offerings

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Citizen Cartographers

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Geography as Statement

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What’s on the Map?• Communal events • Personal narratives

• Consumer advice • Protests

• Expressions • Rants

• Histories • Redundancies

• Narcissism • Spam

• Incomprehensible mutterings

• Statements of the obvious

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Layers of Meaning

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Conclusion

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Further Information• Elwood, S. (2006). Critical Issues in participatory GIS: Deconstructions,

reconstructions, and new research directions. Transactions in GIS, 10(5), 693-708.

• Holtzblatt, K., & Jones, S. (1993). Contextual inquiry: A participatory technique for system design. In D. Schuler & A. Namioka (Eds.), Participatory design: Principles and practices (pp. 177-210). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• Schwarzer, M. (2010, June). A sense of place, a world of augmented reality. Places. Retrieved from http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=13618

• Tulloch, D. L. (2007). Many, many maps: Empowerment and online participatory mapping. First Monday, 12(2). Retrieved from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1620/1535

• Zickuhr, K., & Smith, A. (2010). 4% of online Americans use location-based services. Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Location-based-services.aspx