This is cool. Very, very cool.
Someone has apparently scraped Orkut for name and city data, and mapped the results to a satellite map application. You can put in a latitude and longitude, or a zip code, and see all the Orkut users who've listed that as their home.
Worth re-reading Tom Coates & Stefan Magdalinski's "UpMyStreet Conversations" paper from EtCon 2003, for some mature perspective on mapping digital networks and conversations to the real world.
1. Matt on February 19, 2004 3:44 AM writes...
Worth re-reading Tom Coates & Stefan Magdalinski's "UpMyStreet Conversations" paper from EtCon 2003, for some mature perspective on mapping digital networks and conversations to the real world.
http://www.plasticbag.org/files/misc/etech.ppt
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