The original idea was to create a scrap-book for New York, a sort of guide book that gives the visitor a glimpse into the experience of being in New York city rather than dry facts. Two precedents related to "experience" were (i) Ben Fry's Zipcode that makes finding locations viz zipcodes/addressed very easy (ii)Million Dollar Blocks by Columbia'a spatial information design lab that marks out the homes of criminals in New York and correlates the economic condition of the accused, focusing primarily on Brooklyn.
Role Prototype
What could I discover about New York?:
: The building on Grove Street where I live was build a hundred years ago.
: The buildings between midtown and downtown remind me of Colaba in Bombay.
: The buildings also enable the neighborhoods to have a sense of warmth, unlike modern structures.
: The brick path on christopher street has a tile with the name of the family to whom the area belongs.
: Can correlations world over between buildings of similar age and their impact on their city?
: Can they say something about the need for historical conservation efforts?
Implementation Prototype: Google Earth mashup?
: Allows "location searching" with semantic data
: Allows "layering" of information
: Tools readily available
Possible tools:
1 .KML
2. SketchUp
Look and Feel Prototype
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