There’s an online forum and happening, taking place from November 26 through December 5, which looks like it’s worth checking out here, where you can also sign up to discussions.

It’s the precursor to an interdisciplinary research residency taking place next year at the University of California Humanity Research Institute.

In the last few years, advances in wireless telecommunication, sensor technology, and Geographic Information System tools have inspired a tide of experimental creative projects. Artists are using these tools and location-aware media to renegotiate how communication, navigation, and big data are played out in space. As the landscape and urban streets become the canvas for computer augmented social and physical interaction, what possibilities emerge for practices outside the arts? How can we mutually inspire and inform diverse practices?

The invitation is mainly addressed to artists working in this space, where many (actually most!) of the interesting things are currently happening in Location Based Services - no, we’re not talking “Find my Nearest…Chinese Restaurant”.

Regular readers of this blog know that these emerging areas are where I think the promise of location based services may lie.

Check it out.

Original story: Turbulence.