Studio
Syllabus
Connecting
the City|
Assignment Exercises
Data Dictionary
Data Dictionary
Object
Urban Object
An object that exists in physical space that can be found more than once in public. Must be smaller than a car and bigger than a cell phone.
Noun
Urban Object
An object that exists in physical space that can be found more than once in public. Must be smaller than a car and bigger than a cell phone.
Noun
Urban Object
An object that exists in physical space that can be found more than once in public, translated into digital data and given a human-readable name. Must be smaller than a car and bigger than a cell phone.
Unique ID
Urban ID
Unique machine-readable identifier that references an urban object in the physical world. References to the same urban object in separate datasets should have the same ID.
Pixel
Image
Filename of image.
Context
Urban Area
A bounded region in physical space.
Context
Location Name
A particular place or position given a human-readable name.
Position
Latitude
A coordinate that specifies the north-south position on the surface of the Earth.
Position
Longitude
A coordinate that specifies the east-west position on the surface of the Earth.
Unique ID
Part ID
Unique machine-readable identifier that references a part for your urban object. References to the same part in separate datasets should have the same ID.
Noun
Part Name
A human-readable identifier for a segment of your urban object.
Noun
Part Name
A human-readable identifier for a segment of your urban object.
Adjective
Main / Auxiliary
A part can be described as a "main" part if it occurs frequently across instances. A part can described as an "auxiliary" part if it occurs less frequently.
Adjective
Discrete / Continuous
If a part can be divided and counted in the same way repeatably, it is "discrete." If a part cannot be divided and counted in the same way repeatably, it is "continuous."
Number
Quantity
A number, an amount, a count of total frequency for a bounded area.
Noun
Environmental Factor
The signifier that shows how each part interacts with a thing in the world.
Verb
Ecological Relationship
The name that describes the relationship between the part and the environmental factor.
Verb
Ecological Relationship
The name that describes the relationship between the part and the environmental factor.
Adjective
Observations
The categorical data values for the ecological relationship.
Value
Observation Range
The quantitative values for the ecological relationship that normalizes the range of observations along a single spectrum.
Adjective
Part Parameter
Measures associated with the part.
Adjective
Environmental Parameter
Measures associated with the environmental factor.
Adjective
Landscape Variable
Computes an unknown quantity or quality about the ecological relationship. Binds the part parameter and environmental parameter into a single generative and tractable digital value.
Operation
Data Type
Data type for the landscape variable.
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