GGR111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wayfinding, International Mobile Subscriber Identity, Edward Snowden
Document Summary
Collected metadata from late 2001 to 2015 under patriot act. Edward snowden blew the whistle on this (public was unaware) Data about data: phone call examples, phone numbers of caller and recipient, number of calling cards used, time and duration. Invasion of privacy: building profiles of individuals. Bulk data collection: gathered data, nothing done with majority of it. Volunteered geographic information (vgi: user-generated content, collaborative mapping. Information service: software level service that uses location to control features. Huge amounts being produced by cell phone usage. Control over how some of data is shared. Laws regarding who has access to data are still being debated. Non-assisted wayfinding abilities decreased with use of smartphones. Peoples cognitive maps of an area are less developed if they rely on mobile maps. People focus more on their smartphone than environment. People are more confident navigating unfamiliar places with mobile map assistance.
