://OFPLACE. by Stefanie Tam

HTTP ://OFPLACE. INFO 35.142948, 128.941739 CITY RECORDED ARCHIVE

SITE DEVELOPMENT STEFANIE TAM

GENERAL INFORMA

DESIGN & CONTENT STEFANIE TAM

ATION & CONTENTS

CONTENTS

S & PREFACE

NOTE

10 12 16 18 20 22 24

ABOUT RESOURCES CAVEAT 1 CAVEAT 2 CAVEAT 3 CAVEAT 4 CAVEAT 5

TYPE

28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84

“COMPETE” “DIE” “DRIVE” “FLY” “GRAZE” “LIVE” “PARK” “PLAY” “RIDE” “SAIL” “SWIM” “TRESPASS” “WANDER” “WASTE” “WORK”

CITY

120 122 124 126 128 130 132 134 136 138 140 142 144 146 148

BAGHDAD BANGKOK BERLIN BUSAN CAPE TOWN ISTANBUL LONDON LOS ANGELES MADRID MEXICO CITY MUMBAI NAIROBI NEW YORK CITY PYONGYANG SAINT PETERSBURG

CITY

150 152 154 156 158

SAO PAULO SHEN ZHEN SINGAPORE TIANJIN YOKOHAMA

ABOUT THE PROJECT

HTTP://OFPLACE.INFO is the result of an exten satellite images. With choices dictated by rando intuition, ://OFPLACE. archives 600 images of 2 compares and contrasts both basic and strange it also allows the user to explore cities around th rather than preconceived notions tied to a spec ABOUT THE BOOK

This book documents both the shown and the h PLACE. ’s creation, making further research pos the full series of collected images, arising errors my own intuitions led me, this book shares critic project that aren’t visible in the final product. ://O sense of curiosity and intrigue in viewers to furth have never seen before—here, you will see my e

nsive surveillance collection of Google Maps omization, pre-established rules, curiosity, and 20 different cities. ://OFPLACE. simultaneously e infrastructural features of various cities while he world in a way that’s dictated by intuition cific location.

hidden information I encountered during ://OF ssible for users’ stoked curiosities. Archiving s of Google Maps, and patternization of where cal parts of the process that helped shape the OFPLACE. ’s creation was intended to instill a her explore and delve into places that they may encounters on my own digital derive.

RESOURCES & INSPIRATION

TOOL: https://www.google.com/maps TOOL: https://www.randomlists.com/random-w READING: https://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/si/ READING: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs TALK: https://vimeo.com/233011125 ARTIST: http://kellereasterling.com/ ARTIST: http://www.jennyodell.com/ ARTIST: http://www.gercoderuijter.com/ ARTIST: http://mimionuoha.com/

world-cities /theory.html s/10.1177/00027649921955326

ON INHEREN

NT CAVEATS

CAVEAT 1: INACCURATE BORDER DETECTIO

(Left) An inaccurately tracked border. (Right) An Denoted with a red line, borders spacially divide separation. An inaccurate border detection can interesting visual pattern from satellite view.

n accurately tracked border. e two adjacent territories establishing a n misinform and simultaneously create an

CAVEAT 2: 3D SATELLITE IMAGING VS 2D SA

(Left) A 2D satellite image of one location. (Righ Google’s 3D view gives an “intimate sense of the viewed location according to Google Earth’s pro and optimized imaging. However, 3D view is only

ATELLITE IMAGING

ht) A 3D satellite image of one location. e settings” and “contextualizes the story” of the oduct manager. It allows for deeper close-ups y available to a few major metropolitan areas.

CAVEAT 3: 3D & 2D STITCHING

(Left) A 2D to 3D stitching error. (Right) A 3D to 3 Faulty stitching makes for a visually interesting e eas to which it is applied. Colors and spaces app 2D view only areas.

3D stitching error. effect, but it reveals that 3D view glorifies the arpear much more vibrantly within 3D areas than

CAVEAT 4: INACCURATE ROAD & STREET DE

(Left) Roads misaligned over land. (Right) Road In certain areas around the world, roads are mis cations are, subsequently, not connectable to th difficult to discern what the image depicts.

ETECTION

ds misaligned over bodies of water. saligned with the geographical satellite view. Lohe overhead images that they provide, making it

CAVEAT 5: INCONSISTENT COLOR CORREC

(Left) Color reference 1 of a body of water. (Righ Variances in color of bodies of water reveal the i the world. Certain cities have more blue hues or geographical appearance, but more so from the

CTION

ht) Color reference 2 of a body of water. inconsistent color correction applied around r browner colors not necessarily due to the e erroneous color correction.