The streets of downtown Los Angeles have a different dream. They do not lead to the cardinal points of the compass but to the uncertain spaces in between. Ambiguity is written on our landscape.

If we look at the functions of architecture with respect to games, however, some are meaningful and some are not. Weather, the primary reason for constructing most of the buildings in the world, is irrelevant. If it exists in games at all, it's usually cosmetic. Privacy, too, is normally immaterial -- most games don't let you take your clothes off anyway.

The 2010 O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference - Put Location Awareness to Work

Jeremy Hight is a Los Angeles-based scholar, artist and educator. He is the author of numerous essays on locative media, narrative and augmented reality. I responded at length to his recent essay Writing Within the Map and as evidenced by the transcript below, Jeremy and I have been chatting back and forth for the last few weeks. The following conversation touches on space, media and some of Jeremy's earlier projects.

We launched driving directions for India in April this year. Today we are taking this a step further with the launch of landmarks in driving directions.