Weeklyresearch

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Week 4: What Do You Want to Build? Part II (Due: September 30)

Revisit the project proposals you wrote last week, but answer the following questions:

+ Find at least one other project that's similar to what you're proposing. What problem are they solving? What problem are you trying to solve? How is your approach different?

+ Who is your project targeted at? Who do you imagine using it? In what scenario do you imagine it being useful?

+ What methods will you use to collect location from users? (User-submitted? GPS (and if so, on what device?) Loki?)

+ What kind of geo-tagged content will you be storing in your database? Text? Photos? Venues? Where will you get this data?

+ What's the one-sentence elevator pitch for your project? Is it "geo scavenger hunt meets Flickr"? "Yelp reviews meets Amazon's recommendations"? "Candy Land played in the NYC streets?" See if you can whip up a one-liner that accurately describes what's you're cooking up.


Week 3: What Do You Want to Build? (Due: September 23)

Think about what you want to create / build this semester. Write up a short (1-3 paragraphs) description of this concept. If it's similar to existing applications, include references to those applications in the description - e.g. "It's like a location-based HotOrNot for street food". If you'd like you can include diagrams, images or anything else that you feel will help you get your point across.

Week 2: The Wonderful World of Mapping Mashups (Due: September 16)

Two paragraphs on what you consider to be a great use of one of the mapping API's we've covered in class - you can look towards the Google Maps Mashup site for inspiration. Bonus points for writing about something that changed the way you experienced some aspect of the city.

something awesome here (Dennis Crowley)

what if (state name) voted Republican or Democrat? (Anaid)

gmaps nyc subway mashup (Kristin O'Friel)

real time train positions (Jaeyoon)

realtime speedtrap map (Corey)

Gawker Stalker (Swerdloff)

pub crawl generator (Stella)

groundcrew.us (Theresa)

earth as a sandwich (john)

The criminals in your midst! (Mitch)

Kissing & Telling (Alex)

Mailbox Map (Thomas)

Pilipili (Armanda)

MapWOW (Jiaxin)

Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9)

For our first weekly research assignment, we want to hear a personal story about how some some kind of locative data has made your day in the past. Did Yelp recommend your favorite restaurant? Did Facebook tell you your best friend was in town? Did dodgeball let you know your ex was lurking next door?

Facebook @ Sweden (Dennis Crowley)

SportsTracker - NYC (Michael Sharon)

Google/Yahoo Traffic Data (Corey Menscher)

Hopstop (Seanita Tolliver)

Frequency 1550 (Armanda Lewis)

T Map (Stella)

cellphone + dad + map (Kristin O'Friel)

GPS in Spain (Theresa Ling)

Broadcasting Location (Che-Wei Wang)

Google map apps (Jaeyoon Kang)

Brightkite (Jonathan Swerdloff)

RL Effortless Shopping (Andrea Dulko)

vindigo, and the pursuit of gas in the Bronx (John Dimatos)

GPS car rentals (Thomas Chan)

iPhone take us to Ikea! (Anaid)

Google Waps (Mitch)

Google map and Panoramio (Jiaxin)

The Masada Museum (Ithai)

Buses Plus GPS (Alex)

Saved from a bad meal, twinkle (Vikram)

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