CoMob and CoMob Net

So after looking into CoMob further, there are two available GPS based apps for the iphone. The first is the original CoMob application which uses the locative information of the iPhone to determine the users location, and the info is sent to a specified server and recorded. The second application CoMob Net is more of a visual based system that uses the same GPS tracking as the first but displays the users location on top of Google Maps, rather than a co-ordinates based visual.

Comob is a digital arts project that explores the potential for collaborative mapping with GPS technology. Comob was developed as a research tool to explore social and spatial relationships between people in motion.

This shows the CoMob net and CoMob Apps in action (respectively)

Slight Change of Plan...

So after speaking to Mike about my proposed idea of using GPS tracking to create a 4D based film. He suggested that instead of using the data to create a fictional representation why not use the GPS data and represent it for real. This got me thinking about how I could represent it well. I then came across the idea of using the tracking data to create an artistic representation, which will use the GPS tracks to create a visual form of navigation.

Mike brought up Geocaching in response to this idea. Geocaching is basically an activity in which participants use GPS to locate caches in different locations. A lot like orienteering but using technology rather than maps. This lead to me thinking about how I could use this idea of GPS tracking technology mixed with geocaching to create a real time representation by actually involving people to participate in a geocaching project that would result in there GPS tracking locations forming real time representations of time and space.

Mike advised me to contact Chris Speed, formerly the head of i-Dat as he is involved in a GPS tracking application that could provide me with the data I need to accomplish this idea.