Urban Pilot: a dynamic mapping tool for personalizing the city through collective memory

摘要

Investigates the use of hand-held mobile devices as exploratory personalized tools for dynamic navigation of the cityscape that go beyond cartographic limitations and directory-type services. Unfortunately, existing devices and their applications do not fully address the impelling potential of real-time, interactive tools. Moreover, the volatile, unpredictable randomness of the city life and its ever-changing patterns are rarely captured by static navigational means. This study proposes a tool which encourages personalized experiences of cities by providing a dynamic information space that overlaps the city with individual users, both spatially and temporally.