Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Space is the Place, Reflections on mapping in SL



Me asking women where they have come from in Turkey during Ramadon. That night Istanbul had the worst floods in 80 years and I have no idea if there women are all okay.

The Second Life Great Expedition

And Istanbul as modelled in Second Life

The Second Life Great Expedition

And as modelled in Google Maps.

Making maps, locating places, spaces and ideas on surfaces is a core function of civilization and communication, and the Internet offers some radical technology for this process of mapping spaces, more than just "how do I get there" or "how do I turn on a Tom-Tom"



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