The Free Ride Data Acquisition Vehicle (Frida V) is a bicycle equipped for efficient exploration and mapping of public urban spaces.

It carries a small computer, GPS positioning device, 802.11 wireless network transciever and a basic audiovisual recording unit.

The consolidated software and hardware assembly enables automated mapping of stumbled wireless networks, easy creation of location-tagged media and opportunistic synchronization with a server resource on the internet.

The Hardware Software and Wireless components are detailed. Creator Luka Frelih is in residency at the Thing space in New York.

Free GIS Software suggestions by the site include:

• The most accomplished open-source GIS is GRASS.
• The most polished open-source GIS viewer is Thuban.
• For storing spatial data in a database look at PostGIS.
• The UMN Mapserver is a software for creating a web mapping service.
• JUMP is an open-source mapping application with a less scary user interface (yay!).
• An easy to use viewer is Quantum GIS.
• More free spatial software can be found at Free GIS.

Posted by Sam Churchill on Thursday, December 22nd, 2005 at 9:33 am.