Day 7: On-route speculation and prototypes

A re-visit  to motivations and  what became of them:

1. I wanted to visualize data - any kind
2. Tried at coming up with a correlation to determine/ some question
3. Finally dwelt on: architecture and its influence on tourist/ general experience of city space
    Hoped to it to generate visualization for a travel book.

4. Parameters dwelt with age/style of architecture and demographics of the space
5. Process became a little confused conceptually as mapping data was not looking at style but at age
    Demographic data was more of use to perhaps historical conservation agencies than a tourist.
6. A future comparison of architecture in various cities may yield information of similar spatial experiences.

An illustration of the process:

The Present form (?):
Mapping New York's architecture by age

Who can use the visualization?
1. A Tourist:
>>Guage style and density of the style of architecture by area
>>Plan tour accordingly
>>Get a sense of scale of architecture to visualize how it would feel being in that space

2. A conservationist/ urban planning department/ historian
>>Guage style and density of the style of architecture by area
>>Guage age of buildings and spread of NY buildings over time
>>Guage relationships between architecture vs rent
>>Guage relationships between architecture vs ethnicity/ownership
>>Guage relationships between architecture vs land use
etc.

Download nyBuildings.html
Download nyBuildings.jar
Download nyBuildings.pde

Pros and Cons + Where from here?

1. Cons: The 'need' for the visualization has to be more fleshed out to determine what data needs to be correlated. Perhaps requires interviews with conservationists and tourists to determine that.
2. Pros: Got a hand at data collection techniques.
3. Where from here?: (a)Refine ways in which the visualization of building and styles can be shown (b)use the prototype to query conservationists and tourists to figure whether this tool is of any help.

Comments

[thesis paper]

Wonderful article, thanks for putting this together! "This is obviously one great post. Thanks for the valuable information and insights you have so provided here. Keep it up!"

[Clark Adams]

What software did you use to relate the data you've collected with each other? Was this prototype able to optimize the New York tour that you're planning? If yes, what were the parameters used to get the optimal route for the tour?

[Pas Cher Moncler]

So cute! I already like you on FB and also get your posts on Google Reader. :)