La Open Source Geospatial Foundation ha sido creada para promover y construir el software geoespacial abierto de la más alta calidad. El objetivo de la fundación es promover el uso y desarrollo colaborativo de proyectos liderados por la comunidad.

Key challenges for Participate include the integration of data captured from personal devices and sensors with broadcast and online services; the development of a platform that integrates diverse media devices and networks, and establishing business models for emerging services indentified in the project.

During 2005-2006, The Annenberg Center for Communication at The University of Southern California is sponsoring a research group on “Networked Publics."

netPublics explores the roles of audiences, activists, citizens, and producers in maturing networked media ecologies.

Editor's note: Julian Bleecker heads the Mobile Media Lab (MML), a near-future think tank and research and development lab at the University of Southern California. In today's article, Julian describes a design approach for location-based services utilized in many of the projects under way at MML. At O'Reilly's Where 2.0 Conference later this month, Julian will be taking part in a panel discussion on the secrets behind good social mobile applications and the obstacles they face in the real world.

Pervasive games are a radically new game form that extends gaming experiences out into the physical world. To achieve a high quality interactive experience for these games, new technologies to support the creation of new compelling forms of content will be explored by this consortium. Brief Intro Four game types are currently being investigated under IPerG: Crossmedia Games - bridging the gap between different media channels and game spaces Socially Adaptable Games - exploring how pervasive games can fit into (and transform) social environments Enhanced Reality Live Role-Playing - enhanced experiences through technology City As Theatre - artistic games that take place online and on the streets.

LooseGrid is a laboratory for interdisciplinary research in the city exploring the relationships between the urban space, art and new technologies. It takes the form of a computer-based network built as a creative environment where residents of local districts and researchers can work together exploring the urban space through the generation of creative feedback.