Public Resource Network

Already we have a publicly curated resource of knowledge freely available, like Wikipedia. If you are looking for a place, you can search the web and find it on a map, with an address at least, but not much more information than that. A web that can describe more detail about a space and the objects in a space begins to outline the concept of a Public Resource Network.

Private land, when details about the space are of public interest, owners can put the space online, by placing cameras to view the area and sensors to track and model the space, so that useful processes happening on the site can be applied anywhere in the world. In this way, when looking at a virtualized physical space on the web we can see for instance that people picking tomatoes pick alot for very little or that a local car manufacturer produced a sports car you designed, slightly modified, for someone else that liked your design.

Below are a few options a Public Resource Network will provide for each space or object.

Model Overview

Where are things made and what makes things and how?

Areas to model:

• Space
• Skills
• Materials
• Tools
• Products/Outcomes