SheepCamp 2012: Ate Poorthuis on the DOLLY Project

Ate Poorthius provides the first look at an extremely early version of the DOLLY project (Data on Local Life and You) under development at the University of Kentucky. The project is designed to provide a website to map geographic social media and official data to enable users to analyze their local communities.

SheepCamp 2012, Ate Poorthius from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

The DOLLY Project: http://newschallenge.tumblr.com/post/25545876923/the-dolly-data-on-local-life-and-you-project

SheepCamp 2012: Sasha Savelyev on Geovisual Analytics for Text

The talk by Sasha Savelyev highlights his work on qualitative information (particularly text) visualization with specific attention to text footprint, text overlap and typeface.

SheepCamp 2012, Alexander Savelyev from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Sasha's website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/azs5362/

SheepCamp 2012: Kristen Grady on Mapping Emotion and Experience

The talk by Kristen Grady is Mapping Emotion and Experience and explores the idea of using the geoweb as source material for efforts to map perceptions of local neighborhoods.

SheepCamp 2012, Kristen Grady from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Kristen's website: http://about.me/Kristen.Grady
On Twitter: @kg_geomapper

SheepCamp 2012: Jonathan Rush on Twitter and the Death of Distance

The talk by Jonathan Rush looks at using Twitter data to study Ohio State Bill 5 (which would restrict the collective bargaining rights of public employees) to look at distances in mention networks to see how proximity does (or does not) play a role within online social movements.

SheepCamp 2012, Jonathan Rush from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

On Twitter: @rushgeo

SheepCamp 2012: Matt Moehr on Digitagging Neighborhoods

In his talk, Matt Moehr discusses how the geoweb can provide a means of identifying neighborhoods (with all their associated benefits) that is more reflective of actual, on-the-ground perceptions than the standard census tract definitions used currently.

SheepCamp 2012, Matt Moehr from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

On Twitter: @mattmoehr

SheepCamp 2012: Pam Dempsey on Citizen Journalism and the Geoweb

Pam Dempsey outlines reasons why journalists are interested in the geoweb and gives a number of examples of using the geoweb to focus on hyperlocal economic and political issues.

Sheepcamp 2012, Pam Dempsey from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

CU-Citizen Access: http://cu-citizenaccess.org/
On Twitter: @pamelagdempsey

SheepCamp 2012: Alan McConchie on Countermapping DigiPlace

Alan McConchie's talk looks at the potential for activism on the geoweb and gives the history of a countermapping project designed around the Vancouver Olympics. He also outlines work on creating a similar project for the London games this summer.

SheepCamp 2012, Alan McConchie from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Alan's website: http://mappingmashups.net/
Vancouver [de]Tour Guide 2010: http://vancouvertourguide2010.org/
London [de]tour Guide 2012: http://www.londontourguide2012.org/
On Twitter: @mappingmashups

SheepCamp 2012: Taylor Shelton on User-Generated Political Geographies

Taylor Shelton's talk, From Online Politics to User-Generated Political Geographies, explores how the geoweb is broadening the kinds of online political action that can take place, in particular the idea that geotagging is a means through which it is possible to more directly engage with particular places.

SheepCamp 2012, Taylor Shelton from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

On Twitter: @jts_geo

SheepCamp 2012: Derek Watkins on the Digital Facets of Place

In his talk, Mapping the Digital Facets of Place, Derek Watkins presents a case study of geoweb representations in English and Spanish along the U.S.-Mexico border and how these digital constructions create and influence perception of places along the border.

SheepCamp 2012, Derek Watkins from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Derek's website/blog: http://blog.dwtkns.com/
On Twitter: @dwtkns

SheepCamp 2012: Monica Stephens on the Gender Biases of the Geoweb

Monica Stephens' talk is titled Guns, Germans and Strip Clubs, and focuses on the gender bias within the geoweb and how it falls short of the rhetoric of inclusiveness that surrounds Web 2.0 applications. She looks specifically at the case of how "childcare" was not approved as map category within OpenStreetMap.

SheepCamp 2012, Monica Stephens from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Monica's website: https://sites.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/stephens/
On Twitter: @geographiliac

SheepCamp 2012: Matt Zook on Mapping Zombies

Matt Zook's talk comes from a book chapter entitled "Mapping zombies: a guide for digital pre-apocalyptic analysis and post-apocalyptic survival" (co-authored with Mark Graham and Taylor Shelton) and compares the ways in which the zombie trope can inform society as to how the socio-technical practices of the geoweb provide a means for better understanding everyday cultural spaces.

For the full zombie chapter (including stuff that we had to cut from the final chapter) please see our earlier posting.


SheepCamp 2012, Matt Zook from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Matt's Website: http://www.zook.info/ and www.floatingsheep.org
On Twitter: @mattzook
Zombie Name: Graaagh "Eeeooorgh" the Bloody

SheepCamp 2012: Matt Wilson on Counting Sheep

Matt Wilson's talk, Beyond Counting Sheep, is a wildly amusing review of how studies of actual sheep are conducted, which he then brings back to how we might establish a research agenda for the geoweb.

SheepCamp 2012, Matt Wilson from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Matt's website: http://www.uky.edu/~mwwi222/
Life After GIS blog: http://lifeaftergis.blogspot.com/
Critical GIS blog: http://criticalgis.blogspot.com/
On Twitter: @wilsonism

SheepCamp 2012 Post-Mortem

Now that the Inaugural Workshop on Big and User-Generated Geographic Data (aka SheepCamp) has officially wrapped up, we'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone who made it to Lexington this past weekend to teach each other, learn from each other and begin forming some lasting collaborative relationships.

Apologies to Notorious B.I.G.

For those of you who did NOT make it to Lexington, we'll be reflecting and rehashing many of these discussions as part of our bi-weekly Twitter chats, organized by Alan McConchie under the hashtag #geowebchat (http://mappingmashups.net/geowebchat) on Tuesday at 3pm EST. Twitter conversations from earlier this weekend are grouped together under the Twitter hashtag #sheepcamp.  Also, a semi-permanent pdf version of the tweets from the weekend.

There was lots of good and serious discussion over the weekend working on a research agenda for the geoweb, a repository of tools for collecting and analyzing big and user-generated geographic data, planning for an AAG symposium and possible grants.  But we were also sure to keep tongue firmly in cheek (as is the fashion of the Floatingsheep crew). This includes trying our hand at memes (see above and below), as well as taking a stab at more mainstream book publishing (from Monica's lightning talk):  

We'll be posting  videos and slides of willing participants from the weekend's lightning talks in the coming weeks. Otherwise, we hope everyone enjoys the spatially and temporally distanciated experience of SheepCamp, and that maybe you'll all be able to join us at future iterations. If not sooner, see you all in L.A.!

The Last Night of SheepCamp, Taking a break

The FloatingSheep Advice Animal Meme

Sheep Camp 2012: Reminder to Complete Interest Survey

We're still working on finalizing the dates for this summer's Sheep Camp. If you are interested in attending, please fill out this expression of interest so we can gauge possible attendance, best dates and target our small pot of travel funds.

Do it today!!!

****** Overview *****

Building upon the discussion held at the IronSheep wrap-up session at this year's AAG, we are planning to hold a workshop (or SheepCamp) in Lexington, KY on June 1-3 or 15-17. The goal is to develop and work on a research agenda focused on critical analysis of big user-generated datasets.

Details are still in development but we've figured out the following thusfar:

Datasets

Attendees will collaborate using datasets such as:

• All geo-coded Twitter tweets from December 1, 2011 to the present;
• All geo-coded Flickr photos; and
• A measure of geo-coded material indexed by Google Maps for a range of keywords worldwide.

At this time, we are not asking people to contribute their own sets of of data although that is certainly possible.

To develop better understandings of the strengths and weaknesses of specific data sets their will be a series of pre-conference chats and brainstorming sessions with an eye towards drafting specific research questions so the camp can hit the ground running.

Events at SheepCamp

• A series of lightning talks by participants (an informal research talk of approximately 10 minutes held at a local pub, research does not need to be finalized or formalized);
• Skill exchanges sessions by participants on specific techniques or ideas;
• A group challenge project;
• Discussions on how to theorize the geoweb; and
• Maybe even a keynote or two (or maybe we'll just visit a bourbon distillery).

Facilities/Accommodations/Food/Drink

We are still exploring the options on this one BUT as this is a camp, this is very much "sleeping bag on floor" territory. We think it helps set this event apart from the normal conference thing and plus it really helps with cost.

We will provide food and non-alcoholic drinks[1].

Travel (and Money for students)

Folks should plan on making their own travel arrangements and if you choose to fly we strongly encourage you to use Lexington's airport rather than Louisville or Cincinnati (which are both about 90 mins away).

We do have a limited pot of money to help with travel and we'd like to maximize it. Please do let us know if you'd like help getting here, especially if you are a student. We hope that there might be some car pooling opportunities as well for those on the East Coast.

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[1] After all, we ain't stupid.

Sheep Camp 2012: This June in Lexington, KY

Building upon the discussion held at the IronSheep wrap-up session at this year's AAG, we are planning to hold a workshop (or SheepCamp) in Lexington, KY on June 1-3 or 15-17. The goal is to develop and work on a research agenda focused on critical analysis of big user-generated datasets.

If you are interested in attending, please fill out this expression of interest so we can gauge possible attendance, best dates and target our small pot of travel funds.

Details are still in development but we've figured out the following thusfar:

Datasets

Attendees will collaborate using datasets such as:

• All geo-coded Twitter tweets from December 1, 2011 to the present;
• All geo-coded Flickr photos; and
• A measure of geo-coded material indexed by Google Maps for a range of keywords worldwide.

At this time, we are not asking people to contribute their own sets of of data although that is certainly possible.

To develop better understandings of the strengths and weaknesses of specific data sets their will be a series of pre-conference chats and brainstorming sessions with an eye towards drafting specific research questions so the camp can hit the ground running.

Events at SheepCamp

• A series of lightning talks by participants (an informal research talk of approximately 10 minutes held at a local pub, research does not need to be finalized or formalized);
• Skill exchanges sessions by participants on specific techniques or ideas;
• A group challenge project;
• Discussions on how to theorize the geoweb; and
• Maybe even a keynote or two (or maybe we'll just visit a bourbon distillery).

Facilities/Accommodations/Food/Drink

We are still exploring the options on this one BUT as this is a camp, this is very much "sleeping bag on floor" territory. We think it helps set this event apart from the normal conference thing and plus it really helps with cost.

We will provide food and non-alcoholic drinks[1].

Travel (and Money for students)

Folks should plan on making their own travel arrangements and if you choose to fly we strongly encourage you to use Lexington's airport rather than Louisville or Cincinnati (which are both about 90 mins away).

We do have a limited pot of money to help with travel and we'd like to maximize it. Please do let us know if you'd like help getting here, especially if you are a student. We hope that there might be some car pooling opportunities as well for those on the East Coast.

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[1] After all, we ain't stupid.