CHAPTER 5: NET WORK GOVERNANCE POLICY AND PROJECT E XPLORATION
information sharing. The LUNA Project discussed in the previous chapter served as a model for this component. • Geo-localization Component refers to the determination of spatial location. This component is used to generate information about activity in the surrounding neighborhood, city or event. Such a component would ideally combine the geo-localization capacities of LUNA with the attention to neighbor specificity as presented in the NYC NOW website. • Livefeed Component instead refers to a localized
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forum for discussion between users. Such Web 2.0 tech will be employed to connect users and promote location specific information exchange. Software component organization focuses on a uniform service platform accessibile via multiple forms of connectivity such as PCs or Smartphone. Multimodal universal access via multiple modes of connectivity aims at increasing accessibility and legibility to multiple user populations.
Figure 5-10 ; a schematic representation of Where A Mi?/ Where TO? software system