Author Archives: balcaen.bert@iaac.net

Visualizing skateboarding

Skataviz – Prototype from Design I/O on Vimeo. iPhone tied to skateboard, records location and orientation. Custom software written in openFrameworks processes the data. It’s smart enough to detect tricks. I wonder how they managed to map the location data to the video. Can be interesting for the data workshop.

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Project plan GPS visualization project for the data workshop

Core of the idea Walking brings the city alive. The piece will visualize data from walks and runs. We all create our own version of the city. The visualization will not include a typical map – it will show how we create Barcelona with our walks. People watching the piece might be able to recognize [...]

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Data workshop – ideas, research, feedback

Assignment Visualize GPS & compass data recorded with AntiMap. Notes on using Antimap I experimented a bit with the iPhone version of the app. It works well. Here are a few things that are good to know: The app should stay in the foreground. Don’t put your phone in stand by, don’t minimize the app, [...]

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