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Electronic Wayfinding System: SPRAYPAINT
Concept: user-contributed signage displayed according to frequency of usage at each path-decision-making point in the building
Rationale:
1. people generally don't use systemic overview maps to structure their paths. They remember turns and a sequence of points.
2. user-contributed information is most trustworthy from a user's perspective, especially when the contributions are combined over time.
3. user-contributed information is up-to-date, all the time.
4. this keeps all the benefits of tracking individuals' location without infringing on privacy because the data is anonymized in the process of extrapolation.
5. when finding their way through a building, people aren't so much concerned with finding a particular room as they are with finding the people and the events in it.
6. if people don't need directions, dynamic displays can adjust to be more ambient, while at the same time providing dynamic interesting information in a visually pleasing way.
- By achang at 02/17/2009 - 23:18
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I really like this. Great job fleshing out the concept. I'm really intrigued about how much density could be supported in the cloud and how difficult it would be to search. Some thinking on the search problem is needed. It also seems obvious that each location would build up a unique cloud. How much could or should the screens interact with each other? Does it have a rough and ready visual treatment like pencil or spraypaint, or is it more typographic? How are different aspects of the graphic (size, density of ink, sharpness/blurryness, etc.) map onto the underlying information quality (age, certitude, popularity, timeliness, etc.)
How much of the refinement of the map clouds can happen automatically and how can you make the input stage easier? I'd love to see some animations now.