[Geowanking] Tricorder Challenge

[Andrew Turner]

Mike Liebhold  wrote:
>  This year, I'm thinking of finding a sponsor, and formally articulating a
> 'Tricorder Challenge'   (perhaps at Where2.0) to geo hackers, search engines
> and  GIS guys, to demonstrate the deepest, richest,  and ideally filtered
> collections and views of -standard- and -interoperable- geodata, and
> hypermedia in a single place. Ideally a tricorder will tell us -everything-
> about  a very narrowly defined place: Here!   Everything about the
> environment,  infrastructures, health and safety, public resources, history,
> culture, commerce, and commentary, decorations, and entertainment, available
> - here-  (wherever )

Have you seen Kevin Kelly's, "The Big Here" Challenge?
http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/001084.php

It is a 30-question challenge of what a "tricorder" should be able to
do. Things like:
* Where does your garbage go?
* Point North
* Where does your electric power come from and how is it generated?

and so on. I think it's a great example of what else is important to
find out about "here" other than "where can I eat?" :)

Andrew