We’re working on a project with redsatsuma and BBC to produce a new website to geographically map the collaborations between BBC and their external partners.

We can’t give too much information about the project at this stage as it’s still in development and we need to respect the privacy of the client.

We can tell you that the project allows the user to browse and search through the list of publically visible collaborations between BBC and their external collaborators, and also allows the visitor to navigate an interactive Flash driven map of all collaborations in real time – any time the database it updated, so is the online map!

This sort of technology is rather special.  We could port this over to touch screen displays inside offices or information kiosks around the city (streamed from the internet, or even a static dump of the data in XML format for where there is no internet access).

We’re looking at ways of getting this type of technology introduced into shopping centres around the country.  We already have the technology and the resources to make it work and expect to have a prototype ready by Q4 2009.