1. Explore this webpage: [Layered Information|http://horizon.nmc.org/australia/Layered_Information], learn a debatable definition of layered information, and explore examples of layered information systems.
2. Hunt for treasure\! Read and explore the [2007 implementation wikipage of Layered Information Systems|http://www.encorewiki.org/display/KMDI2003/Layered+Information+Systems%2C+Fall%2C+2007], and:
## Find an idea that is exciting to you.
## Post your thoughts on how/why it could be promising for your area of work/study. (Click on the "Add Comment" link on the bottom of this wiki page to contribute your thoughts.)
3. In the table below, give an example of a Layered Information System and explain why you think it is a Layered Information System:
|| My Name || An example of a Layered Information System \\ || Why do I think this is an Layered Information System? \\ ||
| anne | text arc.com | This takes a text (shakespeare) and as the line is shown as a whole on the bottom of the page, the visual stream of light moves across the screen mapping its path on a aggregated page with all the words of the play listed with the most repeated words featured more visibly. It was mesmerizing to watch and try to imagine the usefulness to education. Perhaps this is a way to identify themes or to identify the words that are stressed and another tool of analysing text. It could be classified as layered because the journey of the single line is layered on the aggregation of words from the text. I see this as a tool for scholars but can't see too much use for secondary students. |
| Peggy | frappr | I think this is a layered information system because it connects/displays users real world location to a virtual world map and then allows them to post information about themselves at that location as well as receive messages from others. |
| Alyssa | [trendsmap|http://mashable.com/2009/09/22/trendsmap/] | It's bringing together more than one data source that wouldn't naturally be linked together and putting it on a map. Making it interactable adds a nice bonus to explore the data. |
| Dominika | GPS | A layered infromation system brings together various segregated data sources into one centralized view in order to provide an new perspective on a set of information. A GPS provides the user with the ability to personlize the information they want to know about the location they are going to. For example showcasing where there is food and gas along the highway that is being travelled on. It seems simple but before you would just have a paper map and wait for a blue road sign, now you have the ability to bring up the information at the touch of a finger on a single screen to plan your next stop. |
| Loredana | cabspotting.org | The project captures patterns of movement within the city of San Francisco by tracking taxi cab routes. A living, changing geographical map is created from the data, offering different layers of information related to "economic, social and cultural trends that are otherwise invisible". |
| Nisha | Google Earth | It brings together the layers of map, search, photographs so that when zoomed in to a particular address you can see some amazing details topographical details |
| Alejandro | GIS | GIS (geographic information system) is a type of software that can layer various types of data onto a map. This can include census driven statistics, locations of infrastructures, locations of green spaces in a city, etc.. Moreover, it allows users to share any mapped data by indexing it geographically. GIS software is used by city planners, urban designers, engineers, architects and policy makers and provides a common system for the sharing and layering of information. |
| Nathan | Ecotect | This is not on the examples list. This program is geared towards architects and building engineers to simulate a building and its materials where multiple test can be applied to the building material and configuration to give results of environmental and energy performances. The simulation results can be analyzed with further computation or stored for future refernce into the model. Selecting parts of the building read you different information. Essentially, specific material information is specified into a component where it can be laid out onto a structure and made useful when compared and read together with the rest of the building. |
Sarah\| crime mapping\| \|
| Courtney | Guelph.ca Transit | Not sure if this is an example but the City of Guelph has teamed up with Google maps and has made people able to plan their trip online using the map. Also they have a system where you can check when the next bus is coming by texting the number of your bus stop and through the buses GPS system you get a text back that tells you when the bus is coming. At least I think that is how it works. But again I have no idea if this is an example nor could I really figure out where to find the examples\! |
| Denise | Nextbus.com \\ | Although somewhat limited, NextBus uses a GPS tracker to tell you when the next streetcar is coming, the service overlays GIS tracking web and mobile tech. http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/stopSelector.jsp?a=ttc\\ |
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2. Hunt for treasure\! Read and explore the [2007 implementation wikipage of Layered Information Systems|http://www.encorewiki.org/display/KMDI2003/Layered+Information+Systems%2C+Fall%2C+2007], and:
## Find an idea that is exciting to you.
## Post your thoughts on how/why it could be promising for your area of work/study. (Click on the "Add Comment" link on the bottom of this wiki page to contribute your thoughts.)
3. In the table below, give an example of a Layered Information System and explain why you think it is a Layered Information System:
|| My Name || An example of a Layered Information System \\ || Why do I think this is an Layered Information System? \\ ||
| anne | text arc.com | This takes a text (shakespeare) and as the line is shown as a whole on the bottom of the page, the visual stream of light moves across the screen mapping its path on a aggregated page with all the words of the play listed with the most repeated words featured more visibly. It was mesmerizing to watch and try to imagine the usefulness to education. Perhaps this is a way to identify themes or to identify the words that are stressed and another tool of analysing text. It could be classified as layered because the journey of the single line is layered on the aggregation of words from the text. I see this as a tool for scholars but can't see too much use for secondary students. |
| Peggy | frappr | I think this is a layered information system because it connects/displays users real world location to a virtual world map and then allows them to post information about themselves at that location as well as receive messages from others. |
| Alyssa | [trendsmap|http://mashable.com/2009/09/22/trendsmap/] | It's bringing together more than one data source that wouldn't naturally be linked together and putting it on a map. Making it interactable adds a nice bonus to explore the data. |
| Dominika | GPS | A layered infromation system brings together various segregated data sources into one centralized view in order to provide an new perspective on a set of information. A GPS provides the user with the ability to personlize the information they want to know about the location they are going to. For example showcasing where there is food and gas along the highway that is being travelled on. It seems simple but before you would just have a paper map and wait for a blue road sign, now you have the ability to bring up the information at the touch of a finger on a single screen to plan your next stop. |
| Loredana | cabspotting.org | The project captures patterns of movement within the city of San Francisco by tracking taxi cab routes. A living, changing geographical map is created from the data, offering different layers of information related to "economic, social and cultural trends that are otherwise invisible". |
| Nisha | Google Earth | It brings together the layers of map, search, photographs so that when zoomed in to a particular address you can see some amazing details topographical details |
| Alejandro | GIS | GIS (geographic information system) is a type of software that can layer various types of data onto a map. This can include census driven statistics, locations of infrastructures, locations of green spaces in a city, etc.. Moreover, it allows users to share any mapped data by indexing it geographically. GIS software is used by city planners, urban designers, engineers, architects and policy makers and provides a common system for the sharing and layering of information. |
| Nathan | Ecotect | This is not on the examples list. This program is geared towards architects and building engineers to simulate a building and its materials where multiple test can be applied to the building material and configuration to give results of environmental and energy performances. The simulation results can be analyzed with further computation or stored for future refernce into the model. Selecting parts of the building read you different information. Essentially, specific material information is specified into a component where it can be laid out onto a structure and made useful when compared and read together with the rest of the building. |
Sarah\| crime mapping\| \|
| Courtney | Guelph.ca Transit | Not sure if this is an example but the City of Guelph has teamed up with Google maps and has made people able to plan their trip online using the map. Also they have a system where you can check when the next bus is coming by texting the number of your bus stop and through the buses GPS system you get a text back that tells you when the bus is coming. At least I think that is how it works. But again I have no idea if this is an example nor could I really figure out where to find the examples\! |
| Denise | Nextbus.com \\ | Although somewhat limited, NextBus uses a GPS tracker to tell you when the next streetcar is coming, the service overlays GIS tracking web and mobile tech. http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/stopSelector.jsp?a=ttc\\ |
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