Comments on: Collective Weather Mapping http://ash10.com/2009/02/collective-weather-mapping/ Pete Ashton helps you understand how the Internet works. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pete Ashton http://ash10.com/2009/02/collective-weather-mapping/#comment-591 Pete Ashton Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:06:48 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=225#comment-591 @Christopher: I'd imagine it's just a one-off for weather. The novelty will soon fade. That's one reason why this isn't a sustainable replacement for journalism or whatnot. But I think these blurts of collective aggregation (or whatever you want to call them) are less interesting in themselves and more interesting as an illustration of what's going on underneath. This sort of thing happens on a much quieter level on Twitter all the time with impromptu gatherings and the like. This is big but it's the small that really matters. @Paul: Have updated the post accordingly. Since our Twitter networks appear to overlap a fair bit I expect we'll meet sometime soonish. Be good to chat! @Christopher: I’d imagine it’s just a one-off for weather. The novelty will soon fade. That’s one reason why this isn’t a sustainable replacement for journalism or whatnot. But I think these blurts of collective aggregation (or whatever you want to call them) are less interesting in themselves and more interesting as an illustration of what’s going on underneath. This sort of thing happens on a much quieter level on Twitter all the time with impromptu gatherings and the like. This is big but it’s the small that really matters.

@Paul: Have updated the post accordingly. Since our Twitter networks appear to overlap a fair bit I expect we’ll meet sometime soonish. Be good to chat!

]]> By: Christopher Woods http://ash10.com/2009/02/collective-weather-mapping/#comment-590 Christopher Woods Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:53:50 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=225#comment-590 Interesting take on this - have to say I took part a little bit too, enjoying the notion of rating the snow quality :D What you raise about how 'we' own this data is particularly interesting - I wonder if the people who kickstarted the idea are also into the whole OSM project (which I've helped out with a little tiny bit)... It seems like both could be helped along with a very similar mindset. I wonder if we'll see more user generated weather reports in the future - but primarily, I wonder if people will increasingly turn to aggregating the weather themselves? Or is this just a one-off? Interesting take on this – have to say I took part a little bit too, enjoying the notion of rating the snow quality :D

What you raise about how ‘we’ own this data is particularly interesting – I wonder if the people who kickstarted the idea are also into the whole OSM project (which I’ve helped out with a little tiny bit)… It seems like both could be helped along with a very similar mindset. I wonder if we’ll see more user generated weather reports in the future – but primarily, I wonder if people will increasingly turn to aggregating the weather themselves? Or is this just a one-off?

]]> By: Paul Clarke http://ash10.com/2009/02/collective-weather-mapping/#comment-589 Paul Clarke Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:37:27 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=225#comment-589 Love it - many similarities to how I saw it (writes another over-analyst). By Sunday night I had four checklist factors which I thought made the whole thing fly: see if you agree? http://is.gd/i0wy Love it – many similarities to how I saw it (writes another over-analyst). By Sunday night I had four checklist factors which I thought made the whole thing fly: see if you agree?

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