bridge_proj_1 // WIP

D A T A  G A T H E R I N G
1 / GPS tracking
for 5 days, different route each day.
~10,000 coordinate points each.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/my_routes/

2 / Sound recordings
5 days, 30hr each.
one edited track, using sample from one of the recordings: https://soundcloud.com/siameseaphextwin/carefree

V I S U A L I Z A T I O N
I want to create an album/collection of walks. Ideally, you are taken through a virtual, visually-simplified version of the walk. The accompanying audio recording will play throughout. 

1 / Leaflet – my demo, using unparsed data . seems like least challenging approach to online mapping, but limited 3D/visualizing abilities.

2 / Esri ArcGIS – nyc demo . requires ArcGIS Pro, which runs only on Windows!

3 / Cesium – nyc demo . tons of resources for both Cesium and open-sourced NYC data:

• huge CityGML files of NYC buildings, roads and lots
  https://www.gis.bgu.tum.de/projekte/new-york-city-3d/
• software for rendering 3D city models for web (3DCityDB-Web-Map-Client),
  comes with Manhattan KML example
  https://github.com/3dcitydb/3dcitydb-web-map, documentation [pdf]
• nyc demo using 3D Tiles (‘Flyover Mode’ is very cool!),
  frustrating because 3D Tile layer with buildings/data (in the demo) is no longer public. can’t find data anywhere else.
  http://cesiumjs.org/2015/08/10/Introducing-3D-Tiles/

C O N C E P T  D E V E L O P M E N T
self as system ? system as self
‘puncturing a system through narrative’

My system: Manhattan, the city as a whole – cars, roads, buildings, people.

How has tracking, panopticism + surveillance within systems been explored as narrative?

• avoid methods of tracking (iSee, IAA)
• track yourself, publish it (Tracking Transience, Elahi)
• track something else, publish it (Bank Job, Kerbel)
• create distractions/disruptions

How to simplfy data?

• Create an interpretation… ultimately a proposition.
• Translating the system (Manhattan) into moments… artifacts
• How Google self-driving car sees a road— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqUbdd7ae54
  How Google’s Self-Driving Car Works — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXylqtEQ0tk