Emotisurvey Malvern Work Ongoing..

A test screen from the latest work ongoing showing photo and video feedback.

I'm dedicating these few weeks of research leave before term starts again in the main to trying to finish-off the web outputs for my latest emotisurvey project in Malvern.

The project is a new media consultative tool for the town planning and landscape architecture community. It involves a range of GPS-tracked participants giving their views on a client's wants at key points along a consistent route through urban areas but will eventually have internal applications too. It was commissioned on this occasion by the Route to the Hills steering committee - a project underway at Malvern Hills District Council to try to ascertain how people use the town and it's public realm.

This is the latest evolution of the emotisurvey project that I've been developing for a number of years now since it's beginnings in 2007. The emotisurvey we undertook in Worcester by the riverside formed part of a winning bid by Worcester City Council for the 2010 MJ Achievement Award for “Sustainable Infrastructure Achievement of the Year” which then helped the City Council secure a lottery grant to build a new footbridge over the Severn. The project in Malvern will eventually be visible to the public after scrutiny from the 'clients' as part of the Route to the Hills Project and staff at Malvern Hills District Council.

We've recently seen interest too from the Sustrans cycle network too who are interested in whether the project could help them gain feedback on and around potential new routes.

Andy Stevenson, Aug 24th 2012