Matthew J. Greenwood | University of Kent (original) (raw)
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Employing an enthusiastic attitude with a adventurous yet conscientious drive.
Particular interest in sustainable and community scale projects.
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Humans and Technology, The impact of GPS use on Urban space, 2019
Through the introduction of human navigation strategies this thesis will introduce digital wayfin... more Through the introduction of human navigation strategies this thesis will introduce digital wayfinding technology to suggest its impact on the user, and their urban environment. It investigates the direct impact on the user’s perception of the urban environment resulting from the use of a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn wayfinding directions.
Through this, the effect this impact has upon our understanding and consequent associations towards physical space is suggested. It suggested that the delegation of decision making and alteration of perception and perspective demanded by the device decreases attention to the physical environment, and has detracting influence on the creation of place in the spaces the user travels through or arrives within. The representation of the digital map is found to give increased prominence to businesses over public features within an urban space.
Beneficially, technology can assist the user through revealing hidden information and permitting the deepening of their understanding and opportunity in connecting to space and other users within it.
By introducing case studies of the integration of virtual infrastructures to the physical world; correlated to the alteration of GPS users’ perceptions and associations, the implications upon urban space are concluded. It is found that the use of the device advocates a flexible urban space where a wide range of activities, de-territorialised from their traditional locations can take place. It is suggested that increased potential for rest in public space could alleviate the priority of expedience implied by the device. An increase in visual prominence could draw attention back to the physical space supported by tactile features. The public space should provide opportunity for engagement, discourse and discovery.
Humans and Technology, The impact of GPS use on Urban space, 2019
Through the introduction of human navigation strategies this thesis will introduce digital wayfin... more Through the introduction of human navigation strategies this thesis will introduce digital wayfinding technology to suggest its impact on the user, and their urban environment. It investigates the direct impact on the user’s perception of the urban environment resulting from the use of a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn wayfinding directions.
Through this, the effect this impact has upon our understanding and consequent associations towards physical space is suggested. It suggested that the delegation of decision making and alteration of perception and perspective demanded by the device decreases attention to the physical environment, and has detracting influence on the creation of place in the spaces the user travels through or arrives within. The representation of the digital map is found to give increased prominence to businesses over public features within an urban space.
Beneficially, technology can assist the user through revealing hidden information and permitting the deepening of their understanding and opportunity in connecting to space and other users within it.
By introducing case studies of the integration of virtual infrastructures to the physical world; correlated to the alteration of GPS users’ perceptions and associations, the implications upon urban space are concluded. It is found that the use of the device advocates a flexible urban space where a wide range of activities, de-territorialised from their traditional locations can take place. It is suggested that increased potential for rest in public space could alleviate the priority of expedience implied by the device. An increase in visual prominence could draw attention back to the physical space supported by tactile features. The public space should provide opportunity for engagement, discourse and discovery.