Smelly Maps: The Digital Life of Urban Smellscapes
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Smelly Maps The Digital Life of Urban Smellscapes @danielequercia @rschifan @lajello @katemclean
Humans Discriminate > 1 Trillion Smells Science, March 2014
City planning can discriminate only few bad odors
How do we measure odors?
smell walks Amsterdam, Pamplona, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newport, Paris, New York.
Match collected words to social media
London & Barcelona
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Community structure emerges
Nature Animals
Emissions
Urban Smellscape Aroma Wheel
Both posiVve and negaVve smells
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WasteAnimalsNatureMetro
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classificaVon is ecologically valid
The first urban smell dicVonary researchswinger.org/smellymaps
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Base Notes of London & Barcelona
Air Quality & Smell Categories
Results do not change across social media
Results do not change across ciVes
Flickr London Smellscape (Nature)
Flickr London Smellscape (Nature)
Hide Park
Flickr London Smellscape (Emissions)
Flickr London Smellscape (Emissions)
Park LN
Kensington Road
Flickr Barcelona Smellscape
Park Güell
Montjuic
Flickr Barcelona Smellscape
Travessera de Dalt
Ronda Litoral
Flickr London Smellscape (Animals)
Flickr London Smellscape (Animals)
London’s Zoo
Flickr Barcelona Smellscape (Animals)
Zoo & Ciutadella Park
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