As part of the programming team for msu.seum, our task was to dive head first into Phonegap, jQuery Mobile, Google Maps API and the various flavors of javascript included in them. In order to start building the app, we had to quickly get our bearings with the various frameworks and APIs. Below, are some of the strategies […]
The most noticeable barrier to entry with location-based applications is that not everyone has a smart phone. However, there is another, arguably more sizable, barrier to entry than the lack of a smart phone: location. Even those with smart phones may not have the resources to go to places required to make use of location-based […]
Developing a custom application is difficult, but the possibilities are nearly limitless. Choose an easy to use, readymade consumer application and the constraints are uncomfortably visible. That divide was made painfully clear when we collaborated with the Campus Archaeology Fieldschool this week to design a concept for a location based tour to help users interact […]
Concept: City as museum Name: Tourist Trap **A better name would highlight the temporal & “local flavor” aspects of this tour app while also being super catchy. Project Description Tourist Trap prevents travellers from being trapped in chains. This is a tool for busy travellers who do not want to get trapped wasting their limited […]
Concept for a Social Library/Archive Name: Event Album Project Description: Event Album would be a mobile application that allows users to collectively document events through media: pictures, videos and audio. While at events, users can see what media others are capturing through a location based “media stream” within the mobile application. Users can also participate […]
Alexis Santos here, I’m studying anthropology and archaeology at New College of Florida where I will be a senior working towards my B.A. next August. I love technology. I’m the Online Editor for New College’s student newspaper (the Catalyst), I write a somewhat weekly technology column, I’ve done some video game news blogging in addition to a dash of […]
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome welcome everyone (both students and those who are watching remotely) to the inaugural Cultural Heritage Informatics Fieldschool. The CHI Fieldschool is an outgrowth of the Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative at Michigan State University, and is intended to introduce students to the tools and techniques required to creatively apply […]
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