GeoWeb 2.0 applications could support the Geodesign process

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 263-285
Author(s):  
Wided Batita
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Web Mapping ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
New Applications ◽  
The Web

The emergence of Web 2.0 is materialized by new technologies (APIs, Ajax, etc.), by new practices (mashup, geotagging, etc.) an, by new tools (wiki, blog, etc.). It is primarily based on the principle of participation and collaboration. In this dynamic, the web mapping with spatial character or simply called Geospatial Web (or Geoweb) evolves by strong technological and social changes. Participatory GeoWeb 2.0 is materialized in particular by mashups among wikis and géobrowsers (ArgooMap, Geowiki, WikiMapia, etc.). The new applications resulting from these mashups are moving towards more interactive forms of collective intelligence. The Geodesign is a new area, which is the coupling between GIS and design, allowing a multidisciplinary team to work together. As it is an emergent term, the Geodesign has not be well defined and it requires innovative theoretical basis, new tools, media, technologies and practices to fit its complex requirements. In this document, we propose some GeoWeb 2.0 tools and technologies that could support the Geodesign process. The main contributions of the present research are firstly identifying the needs, requirements and constraints of Geodesign process as an emergent fuzzy field, and secondly offering new supports that are best meeting to the collaborative dimension of this process.

The Unbearable Lightness of the Image

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 109-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatella Della Ratta
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Real Time ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
Ethical Discourse ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Web

In this essay, I reflect on the aesthetic, political and material implications of filming as a continuous life activity since the beginning of the 2011 uprising in Syria. I argue that the blurry, shaky and pixelated aesthetics of Syrian user-generated videos serve to construct an ethical discourse (Ranciére 2009a; 2013) to address the genesis and the goal of the images produced, and to shape a political commitment to the evidence-image (Didi-Huberman 2008). However, while the unstable visuals of the handheld camera powerfully reconnect, both at a symbolic and aesthetic level, to the truthfulness of the moment of crisis in which they are generated, they fail to produce a clearer understanding of the situation and a counter-hegemonic narrative. In this article, I explore how new technologies have impacted this process of bearing witness and documenting events in real time, and how they have shaped a new understanding of the image as a networked, multiple object connected with the living archive of history, in a permanent dialogue with the seemingly endless flow of data nurtured by the web 2.0.

scholarly journals CREATION OF THE WEB-MAP OF THE BOGUSLAVSKY DISTRICT

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Tamara Mykolayivna Kurach ◽  
Iryna Aleksandrovna Pidlisetskaya
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Web Mapping ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Web Map ◽  
Thematic Mapping ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
The Web

The goal is to develop a tourist interactive map "Landmarks of Bohuslav". The methodology. The methodological and theoretical basis of the study is modern geographical and cartographic science in the field of thematic mapping with the involvement of web-mapping technologies. Results. A large-scale tourist web map of the cultural heritage of the Boguslavsky region - “Sights of Boguslavshchina” was created. Scientific novelty. Approbation of the methodology and technology for the development of interactive large-scale web maps of tourism topics involving the Leaflet JavaScript library. Practical value. An interactive tourist web map of the historical and cultural heritage sites “Sights of Bohuslavshchina” will be published on the website of the health-improving institution of sanatorium-type “Chaika”. Convenient using, visualization, prompt receipt of information will help to increase the attractiveness of tourist Boguslavschina routes.

Smart Planning

2018 ◽  
pp. 601-632
Author(s):  
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Application Field ◽  
Planning Culture ◽  
Technology Trend ◽  
Characteristic Process

This chapter discusses the ability of new technologies to support collective intelligence. The technology trend brought into the spotlight is Web 2.0 because it has a great potential to contribute to the refined understanding of planning issues. Such an application field can be called Collective Intelligence 2.0 with crowdsourcing as its characteristic process. This chapter discusses how such an intelligence and crowd-sourced knowledge can be utilized in smartening up urban planning. Crowdsourcing has been experimented in urban planning since the late 2000s, most notably in the forms of wikiplanning, participatory sensing, and co-creation. By combining theoretical insights and empirical evidence, this chapter concludes that Web 2.0 tools can be used to increase various forms of social and collective intelligence and, especially when the precondition of citizen-centered open planning culture is met, have undeniable potential to smarten up urban planning.

Web X.0

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
San Murugesan
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Educational Applications ◽  
New Applications ◽  
The Web

The Web has evolved from its humble beginnings merely as a publishing medium intended for a small group of scientists to a medium of interaction, participation, and collaboration. It has dramatically influenced almost every sphere of our activity and has created paradigm shifts. Encompassing new technologies, business strategies, and social trends, the Web continues to forge many new applications that we had never imagined before or were not previously feasible. It has created new paradigms in business, social interaction, governance, and education. In this chapter, we trace the Web’s continuing evolution and phenomenal strides, outline the features and characteristics of Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0, and examine their prospects and potential. The ability to recognize new Web technologies for their potential in business, social and educational applications, and the ability to develop and deploy creative applications based on these technologies are the keys to continued success of the Web and our progress and well being.

scholarly journals Social, Personalized Lifelong Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 90-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Cristea ◽  
Fawaz Ghali ◽  
Mike Joy
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
The Web

This chapter discusses a challenging hot topic in the area of Web 2.0 technologies for Lifelong Learning: how to merge such technologies with research on personalizationand adaptive e-learning, in order to provide the best learning experience, customized for a specific learner or group of learners, in the context of communities of learning and authoring. The authors of this chapter discuss the most well-known frameworks and then show how an existing framework for personalized e-learning can be extended, in order to allow the specification of the complex new relationships that social aspects bring to e-learning platforms. This is not just about creating learning content, but also about developing new ways of learning. For instance, adaptation does not refer to an individual only, but also to groups, which can be groups of learners, designers or course authors. Their interests, objectives, capabilities, and backgrounds need to be catered to, as well as their group interaction. Furthermore, the boundaries between authors and learners become less distinct in the Web 2.0 context. This chapter presents the theoretical basis for this framework extension, as well as its implementation and evaluation, and concludes by discussing the results and drawing conclusions and interesting pointers for further research.

Techniques for Building a Read/Write/Execute-Able Web

2011 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 138-142
Author(s):  
Chun Hsiung Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Data Model ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
Text Documents ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Traditional Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Web

In recent years, the usage pattern of the Web has been undergoing dramatic changes. The traditional definition of the Web, “a system of interlinked hyper-text documents”, can no longer describe the situation accurately today. Instead, users want to interact with Web resources and even want to create their own Web resources that can interact with others. This is what we call “Web 2.0”, a new Web that is both read-able and write-able. However, considering Web-based services around us: the calendar services, the traveling services, and the messaging services, etc., one can draw a conclusion that what Web users nowadays expect from the Web are not only contents and interactions but also services. To meet this expectation, a read/write/execute-able Web is demanded. In this paper, new technologies for building such a Web are proposed. A virtual browsing environment is employed to transform existing Web resources into executable services. Furthermore, an HTML-to-XML annotation/transformation technology is integrated into the virtual browsing environment to form the data model part. With these technologies, the Web will be transformed into “a system of interlinked services.”

scholarly journals Review of „Brand-urile în era Web 2.0. Conținutul generat de consumatori” [Web 2.0 Brands. User-generated Content] by Rodica Săvulescu, București: Tritonic, 2016, 252 p.

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Alexandra Vițelar ◽  
Florența Toader
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Brand Communication ◽  
The Web

<p>The web 2.0 era has shifted brand ownership from communication specialists towards consumers. This is the main idea on which Rodica Sãvulescu builds her argumentation in her recently published book, `<em>Web 2.0 Brands. User-generated content` (2016). </em>The emergence of new technologies blurs the lines between content producers and consumers. In this book, the author addresses the topic of democratization of content in relation with brand communication.</p>

scholarly journals New Professional Profiles and Skills in the Journalistic Field: A Scoping Review and In-Depth Interviews with Professionals in Spain

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Paula Marques-Hayasaki ◽  
Carles Roca-Cuberes ◽  
Carles Singla Casellas
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
News Production ◽  
Journalistic Field ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Web

The professional profiles and skills related to journalism are adapting to a new paradigm as a consequence of the advent of new technologies - the web 2.0, the end of the monopoly of news production by mass media, etc. This study aims to provide a comprehensive critical mapping of new professional profiles and skills demanded in the field of journalism, based on a scoping review and in-depth interviews with professionals and academics in Spain. The results show a great variety of new profiles and nomenclatures. This is in part because of a significant overlapping in the functions emphasized by them. With regards to skills, the traditional ones are still the most valued by the market, although new competencies are becoming more and more important.

Technology Is Something to Make the World a Better Place

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim O’Reilly ◽  
Adolfo Plasencia
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Structure Of Scientific Revolutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Web

In this dialogue, Tim O’Reilly begins by explaining why change is natural and good and how we have to be open to the future. Later he discusses how the logic that makes things work is related to science and not to a particular set of beliefs; to understanding what is efficient and why within this logic there is a hierarchy that is made up of a set of values. He goes on to explain how the Web 2.0 applications he formulated— for example, the social networks—use network effects by harnessing collective intelligence in such a way that the more people there are who use them, the better they become. After this, he describes how his analysis of the paradigm shift in open code is equivalent to that expressed by Thomas Kuhn in his work “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”. Later on, O’Reilly reflects on the different possible kinds of Internet of the future before moving on to explain why the most innovative people go beyond the limits of “canonical knowledge” in their daily practice, and the way in which their artistic transgressions or discoveries make them part of the new canon.

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