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Luka Frelih is an artist working with computers and networks, a computer programmer, free software hacker and web designer. He is a core member of Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab since its founding in 1994. Through the BBS community he got on a weekly radio broadcast promoting the creative use of computers and free software (1993-1996). He was also active in the OS/2 users group in Slovenia (1994-95). Since 1994, he has produced many projects connecting technology and art: with Marko Peljhan, Vuk Ćosić, Cornelia Sollfrank and more. Member of Makrolab, ASCII Art Ensemble and pioneering net.art community projects: 7-11, Refresh, Remote-C. Programmed the instant ascii camera, a net art generator and more than one web map interface for positioned radio-linked roaming agents. Together with other Ljudmila programmers he developed the SLIX (Slovenian easy to use Linux) distribution and diverse free software tools to publish and manage multimedia databases on the web.

What is Frida V?
Frida V. is a rugged and comfortable bicycle equipped for efficient exploration and mapping of public urban spaces. It carries a small computer, GPS positioning device, 802.11 wireless network transciever and a basic audiovisual recording unit. The consolidated software and hardware assembly enables automated mapping of stumbled wireless networks, easy creation of location-tagged media and opportunistic synchronization with a server resource on the internet. In other words, let the warriding and rideblogging begin!

OpenStreetMap How-To-Begin
I've started to put together a small introduction to mapping the city with OpenStreetMap tools. Happy mapping!