User-Generated Map & Meaning Making via Foursquare Presented by Glen Farrelly
May 10, 2015
User-Generated Map & Meaning Making via Foursquare
Presented by Glen Farrelly
Sense of Place
Foursquare
User-generated Content
Method
Contextual Inquiry
Findings
Foursquare User TypesThe CuriousWants to see what’s going on
The NarcissistPublishes vanity information
The GamerStrives for honours & titles
The AdvocatePromotes socio-political causes
The ProfessionalFurthers their business goals
The CartographerAdds & helps define places
The Socializer Seeks to make & communicate with friends
The ExplorerFinds new places & offerings
Citizen Cartographers
Geography as Statement
What’s on the Map?• Communal events • Personal narratives
• Consumer advice • Protests
• Expressions • Rants
• Histories • Redundancies
• Narcissism • Spam
• Incomprehensible mutterings
• Statements of the obvious
Layers of Meaning
Conclusion
Further Information• Elwood, S. (2006). Critical Issues in participatory GIS: Deconstructions,
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