This Monday, May 11th, I will be presenting a course on “Art, GPS and mobility” as part of the SAT[Transform] educational series. Although the topics may vary according to audience feedback, below is a overview of the topics that may be presented:

> Inspiration for interactive mobile applications:

• intro to mixed & augmented reality
• examples of locative media projects (past & present)

> Geospatial data:

• Existing viewers, rendering engines, and geotagged data
• Location-based content delivery and interaction
• intro to OpenStreetMap, Google Earth, etc.

> Mapping & GIS:

• projections and representations (lat/long - UTM)
• geocaching: waypoints/tracks/routes and exchange formats
• open source software solutions

> User tracking:

• about GPS receivers, technologies, and conversion between formats
• robustness with other inputs: accelerometers, compasses, cameras, fiduciary markers, etc
• alternatives: computer vision, wifi triangulation, LPS, etc

> Development and authoring for mobile devices:

• intro to Mediascape, and how to create locative media artworks
• discussion of other platforms (iPhone, Android, OpenEmbedded, etc)

> Future of mobile technology:

• auditory displays
• gestural interaction
• see-through glasses, mediated reality