data visualisation

An exploration into the way that computers view the world, in this case focusing on the city of Newcastle.
By gathering all the WIfi Data for the centre of Newcastle and then filtering the data down till left with only 0s and 1s. Then searching the data in order to find the binary alphabet.
A colour was assigned to each letter of the alphabet, which were in turn highlighted in the binary code. That gives the impression of a landscape.

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This is a keyhole style view of the previous pieces.

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A section of the piece showing the patterns created by the blocks without the numbers behind.

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The same section as before but just displaying the numbers. If you flick between this and the previous image you should be able to see how the patterns line up.

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Experience Newcastle is a data visualisation of Wifi and Bluetooth networks in the city centre.

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Experience Newcastle is a data visualisation of Wifi and Bluetooth networks in the city centre.

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3D interpretation of the first two pieces. A ring equals a device found at that location.

I added the colours from the first two pieces into the 3D versions, making it easier to distinguish the various locations