sk8m8.com is the best examples as it uses maps to show parks in your area. However there are many parks not on there and only a few have photos accompanying them. As the information is supplied by councils only official skateparks are show and no street spots.
skateparkpages.com has the same flaws as sk8m8 and no mapping system. It also only covers skateparks and not spots.
skatemyspot.com deal mainly with street spots but has inaccurate information and few photos.
As my dissertation looks and mobile phones and my 4D project explores skateboarding I want to my combine the two to create my project. My idea comes from there being lack of information on skate spots and parks and how mobile phones could be used to solve this problem.
I would like to create a project where a skater can use their mobile phone to take a photo of a park/spot they have found and wants to share with others. They could then send the picture along with its GPS position to a website where all the parks/spot are stored and displayed for others to see. This means the website can be updated on the fly meaning it can be more accurate and update to date than other similar sites.
There are already websites with information on parks and spots but many do not have photos and a lot of the information either missing or inaccurate. This makes it difficult for skaters to judge if it worth traveling for miles to skate a place.
For my final major project I plan to make some sort of interactive e learning object. This will link into my dissertation subject, which is based around elearning. I am unsure about the specifics of the project but I would like to make something that is immersive and not just an interface using a mouse to point and click. It could involve the use of motion sensors to track movement either of either a people or some sort of controller or object. Being immersed should make it easier to use and learning the content easier to take in. I am not sure about the subject it will teach or the users it will be aimed at but I hope by doing more research my ideas will become clearer.
