Award Winning Presentation, Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada in Fernie, British Columbia March 2011. Sponsored by GEOIDE.

1. Digital Globes Gone Mobile: Potential Implications for Environmental Learning Britta Ricker Peters Nick Hedley SPATIAL INTERFACE RESEARCH LAB SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CANADA

3. Ubiquitous Computing Facilitate Learning! 

5. Synergistic Relationship 

6. Key Topics in VGI Literature    Topic Author/year Motivation Tulloch, 2008; Goodchild, 2007; Haklay and Singleton, 2008; Crampton, 2009; Rouse et al. 2007 Spatial Data Infrastructure Goodchild, 2007; Budhathok, et al. 2008 Critical GIS and Feminist theory Elwood, 2008 a, b; Sieber, 2007 Credibility, quality, validity Flanigan & Metzger, 2008; Sieber, 2007; The Process Corbett and Rambaldi, 2007 Specific Applications Tulloch, 2008; Miller, 2007; Gouveia & Foreca, 2008 

7.    Classifications of LBS Dynamic Static Type LBS Real time updated location-based information provided to the user. Static location-based information is provided. The information does not change in real time based on events. Example Bus real-time location from GPS signal on bus, New sales or promotions, current temperature Bus schedule, Restaurant Menu, weather averages for that location 

8.    Classifications of VGI Active/Manual Passive/Automated Type of VGI Real time information (qualitative or quantitative) provided by the user actively and consciously. The volunteer’s device is contributing the geographic information running in the background using the tools associated with the device (ex. GPS, Accelerometer), possibly unknowingly by the user Example Live Twitter, Checking-in via Yelp, Facebook, Foursquare, business review GPS tracking of an individual, geotagged photos 

9. I wonder where a good café could be? 

10. LBS Interface: Map View 

11. LBS Interface: List View 

12. LBS Interface: Mobile Augmented Reality 

13. LBS Interface: User Reviews  Nick C. Renee S. Scott B.

14. LBS Interface: Directions to business 

15. VGI Interface: Check-in, or Add Information 

16. VGI Interface: Check-in, or Add Information “ Ubiquitous electronics rarely contribute to our sense of group identity or resonate with us like a physical place” (Burke, 2008). 

18. LBS mediated experiences Perhaps LBS mediate spatial experiences resulting in a limited mental map of the world 

21.    Do different forms of LBS or VGI support different forms of environmental learning? Dynamic Static LBS VGI Active Passive 

22.  Synergistic Relationship 

23. Exploring our protected watershed and discovering connections 

24. Mobile Serious Gaming 

25. Identify appropriate methods and interfaces to facilitate environmental learning with mobile computing devices while maintaining engagement with the natural environment. 