[...] The rapid convergence of mobile communications, automated positioning technologies, and geographic information systems (GIS) into “locative media” is raising the possibility of a dramatic transformation of the way we perceive and move about the urban environment, and how we interact with each other in urban spaces. Endless possibilities for locative media are being proposed that promise increased convenience, awareness, transparency, and access to information and social opportunities that break traditional power structures.

[...] A growing number of urbanists believe that locative media have the potential to disrupt urban activity and consumption patterns in the 21st century city to an equal or greater degree as the automobile shaped the 20th century city.

[...] The discussion about locative media and the future of urban life needs to start today.