I have been all over the websites that offer agent based modelling information recently. I found that the ULC CASA definitely is one of the leading groups in this field. The blog in GIS agent has provided me some more insights on what have been done and where it is going towards. I just started the search out of curiosity and with an idea of GIS world in Second Life. Of course, there are blogs to integrate and give you an idea how the agent move in Second life environments as well as some websites that offer tutorial on agent based simulation in GIS, there is more to develop in this field.
An article called Inside the Metaverse is a good example of how Second Life is being utilized by a geography professor to teach GIS. Yes geography professor...who else can it be when it comes to the location based service.
Of course, Second Life does have a location based linkage like the real-world example of irlconnect irlconnect. However, irlconnect is dedicated to geocode your facebook and twitter friend networks combining them in the spectrum of Google map (satellite, hybrid, maps offered).
So, the bottom line that I wanted to draw is: Where are we heading? Will a day come with an actual GIS embeded Second Life version? Will the teaching trend be modernized utilizing the virtual world more and more? And the most important thing: with the possibility of Google API key and people being able to bring Google Earth in a browser, what can we expect about the virtual world with agent-based modelling in future?
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