Here goes. More exciting than a presidential inauguration (or maybe just the sort of steady, easy-to-follow entertainment some Americans need after the parties last night!) it’s the live city-wide, MID-based dot-to-dot. I am still having problems with my gps module but there’s no more time left for messing around so I have to go for it. As per previous live maps, my current position (and you should see occasional comments too) is on the top map and the dot-to-dot will appear in sections below. Each diot should show a comment or media. If you wish to follow the messages as they happen, i’m using @midmoves to send them out.
As before, i’ll be using the Wibrain i1, Intel Atom-based MID (i’m using this because it’s got a hand strap and one battery lasts for well over 4 3G-connected hours.)
All the exciting action (!) starts at around 11am CET (Central Europe.)
Update: looks like we have a problem with the live map. Shame. I think my gps is incompatible with the ipoki plugin.
Update2. I finished. Did you join the dots yet? You do that while Ieat this pizza and drink this beer! After 6hrs and about 10km walking, I need it!
Click on the ‘dots’ to reveal text and images.
And if you didnt manage to work it out…..here are a a few images of the final mashup. These are just images. The map above contains all the media.
January 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am
when are you guys planning to meet up?
January 21st, 2009 at 11:01 am
No one has said they would meet yet. Im inn koeln now so find me. If the event doesnt take too long, ill put a location up for coffee afterwards.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am
Sorry to hear about the ipoki gps troubles.
January 21st, 2009 at 12:11 pm
strange. ive decided to start anyway and will link in geotagged images as proof that im really here andd not hundreds of km away as the live map indicates
January 21st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
So, is the secret word “intel”?
January 21st, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Cant say. Maybe.Maybe not
January 21st, 2009 at 5:40 pm
It’s finished. Time for pizza and beer now.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:10 pm
this is just insane *lol*
January 21st, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I agree with Nicole. Clearly an insane person is running around with these devices.
I like that!
Very well done on both the map and surviving without getting hypothermia!
January 21st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
OK. Today was a bit mad I agree. But hey, someones got to test the limits for the real people out there!
Actually, I learnt a lot in the last few days about 3G. The difference between city and country is important. The difference betweem inside and outdoors is also important. The biggest thing I learnt though is that you can not reliably juggle SIM cards, day flat rates and and contracts without getting burnt. The day flat from Vodafone left me without HTTPS (WT.!) the day flat from Fonid conked out after 4 hours due to a ‘low’ pre-pay balance (which equated to 3 extra days flat rate 3G) the roaming 3G from Vodafone works across multiple countries in the same day and goes unlimited if you go back in your home country. The T-Movile day flat I couldnt get working (it billed me a lot of money!) and the one card that really performed without problems, my Vodafone contract, went over it’s limit!
Actually there’s a ton more to learn from todays excercise too. I’ll try and get notes down ASAP.
Steve
January 21st, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Oh BTW. Intel should send ‘W’ a prize for guessing the word on the third letter.
Steve
EC Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:15 am
“W” already got his prize….retirement
. So now we know what “W” is up to right after being “laid off” 
…sorry couldn’t let be
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:41 pm
New article: City-wide dot-to-dot. Watch it here. http://bit.ly/9Dac67
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:48 pm
@fieldreports My virtual geo graffitti in Koeln. http://bit.ly/9Dac67 It was a long but fun experiment.