September 7, 2007
'Wiki City Rome' To Draw A Map Like No Other
Residents of Italy's capital will glimpse the future of urban mapmaking with the launch of "Wiki City Rome," a project developed at MIT that uses data from cellphones and other wireless technology to illustrate the city's pulse in real time. [via Science Daily]
The project will debut Sept. 8 during Rome's "Notte Bianca" or white night, an all-night festival of events across the capital city. During that night, anyone with an Internet connection will be able to see a unique map of the Italian capital that shows the movements of crowds, event locations, the whereabouts of well-known Roman personalities, and the real-time position of city buses and trains.
The map will also be broadcast on a big-screen display in one of Rome's main squares in the city center, giving Romans real-time feedback on the human dynamics in their immediate surroundings.
Wiki City Rome stems from MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory , an initiative directed by Carlo Ratti that studies the impact of new technologies on cities."
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