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<b>Walking the Streets</b><br>
Creating Open Source Maps for Guimarăes<br>
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This is the first in a series of two workshops, which will focus on
mapping. There are two types of mapping, with different
technological and infrastructural requirements, which can each be
explored and evolved in workshops before being put into practice in
the city.<br>
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The first workshop ‘Walking the Streets’ will consist of a talk
about maps and mapping, with particular emphasis on open and
collaborative mapping. We'll look at what maps are for, how they're
made, and how to "read" them, in the sense of understanding their
intentions as well as the bare facts that they communicate. And then
we'll go out on the streets of Guimarăes to make our own maps,
contributing to <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/"
target="_blank">OpenStreetMap</a> where possible, but also looking
at other ways to map the city, through emotions, experiences and
personal histories. Afterwards, these maps will be collated and
presented online.<br>
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<strong>James Bridle</strong><br>
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James Bridle is a writer, publisher and technologist based in
London, UK. James is a partner at the Really Interesting Group, a
design partnership based in East London, and also creates his own
projects, such as A Ship Adrift, commissioned by Artangel for their
A Room for London project. He writes for publications including
Wired, ICON and The Observer, where he publishes a regular column.
Many of his texts are online at his own site, Booktwo.org. James is
a regular speaker at technology and design conferences, such as
South by South West in Austin, dConstruct in Brighton, and Lift in
Geneva.<br>
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More Information and Registrations here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lcd.guimaraes2012.pt">http://lcd.guimaraes2012.pt</a><br>
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