GI Management Transformation: from geometry to databased relationships

GI Management Transformation: from geometry to databased relationships

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  GI Management Transformation: fromgeometry to databased relationships Ordnance Survey Ireland GI R&D Initiatives Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 13:00 to 20:30 (GMT) , Maynooth University Dr Tracey P. Lauriault, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University & Programmable City, Maynooth University
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  How is thecity translated into software and data? Programmable City Project Translation: City into Code/Data Transduction: Code/Data Reshape City THE CITYSOFTWARE/DATA Discourses, Practices, Knowledge, Models Mediation, Augmentation, Facilitation, Regulation How do software and data reshape the city?
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  Socio-technological data assemblage MaterialPlatform (infrastructure – hardware) Code Platform (operating system) Code/algorithms (software) Data(base) Interface Reception/Operation (user/usage) Systems of thought Forms of knowledge Finance Political economies Governmentalities & legalities Organisations and institutions Subjectivities and communities Marketplace System/process performs a task Context frames the system/task Digital socio-technical assemblage HCI, remediation studies Critical code studies Software studies Critical data studies New media studies game studies Critical Social Science Science Technology Studies Platform studies Places Practices Flowline/Lifecycle The Data Revolution, Rob Kitchin, 2014.
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  Prime 2 Modelsand Concepts Skin of the earth ‘real world’ object modelling 5 skin of the earth objects  Ways  Water  Vegetation  Artificial  Exposed  Z-Layer  Superimposed Objects  Segmentation & Connectivity  GDF1 GDF2 centrelines  Sites & Locals  Boundaries  Links objects using persistent ID’s  Form & Function object classification  3D data storage (CityGML LOD2)  Grouped
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  Seamless, topologically consistentblanket of polygons tha cover the entire surface of Ireland w/no holes or gaps
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  Cassini, 6”, 1sted. Circa? Heuston station across time Cassini 6”, 1943-44 Cassini 25”, 1st ed, Circa? Cassini25”, 1936 Heuston Station, Prime2 MapGenie Heuston Station, Prime2 SOE
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  Evolution  Institutionally  Colonialsurveyor  Military Mapping Organization  Civil Service National Mapping Organization (NMO)  State Body NMO  Will become a NMO w/in Tailte Éireann  Technologically  Data collection  Techniques  Scale  Geometry  Skill  Technologies  Dissemination  Scope  Colonial mapping  National mapping  Post Colonial mapping  OSi/OSNI/OSGB  EU / Inspire / NSDI  Global
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  Socio-technological transformation
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  Etymology
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  Relationality
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  Genealogy of amodel
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  Genealogy of adata model
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  Models are alsoactors  Models shape  how the world is viewed  the world of work  tools & techniques  the structure of an organization  how organizations interconnect with others  Models augment space  Models are socially constructed by people
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  Ontologizing the City- From Old School National Cartographic Based Classification toward a Rules Based Real-World Object Oriented National Database Object of Study  Data assemblage of OSi PRIME2  Examine how ‘real’ things are understood in the new object oriented data model  Assess if these change how space is modelled and then acted upon Time frame  Jan. 2015-2018 Data Management and Ethics  ERC  Maynooth University  SSHRC Tri-Council Case Study Outputs  Case study report  Data assemblage  Tracing the production of space  Genealogy from class to object  Academic publications Funding  Programmable City Project  P.I. Prof. Rob Kitchin  NIRSA, Maynooth University  European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award  ERC-2012-AdG-323636-SOFTCITY
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  Data Collection Attend OSi& 1Spatial Road shows and public speaking events  One day coordinated field trip & group interviews at OSi Sligo (survey data capture unit)  Examine the Prime & Prime2 flow lines  Real-time survey and data update of a building  1.5 months as an embedded researcher, OSi in Phoenix Park  One-on-one interviews with key actors (Transcribed audio recordings):  Group interview  Document Collection  Collection of objects across time for Dublin
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  Acknowledgements The research forthis paper was funded by a European Research Council Advanced Investigator award (ERC-2012-AdG-323636-SOFTCITY. I would like to express my gratitude to all at Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) for generously sharing their knowledge and time.