Mosquito

Tools to access streaming vectors maps and data sources such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps, GeoData, StockMarket

 

...and a bunch of other stuff


Mosquito is a plugin suite developed for Rhino and Grasshopper. The plugin allows us to tap into social , financial and popular media. Extracting location, profiles, images and messages from Facebook,Twitter, Topsy etc….

As architects part of our responsibility is the consideration of the public realm. Today however , people tend to hang in the digital equivalent, namely, social media space. While this space becomes ever more permanent, the physical realm is fleeting, an evanescent space.

We are utilizing the tools in this component suite to bridge the gap between geometrics and information. Driving geometry with data and vice-versa. The ability to extract user Geo-coordinates, language, thoughts, profile and image enables architects to paint a picture. It is this  4-dimensional picture, which we refer to as “spatial condition”, that allows us to explore what happened yesterday, now and hypothesize about tomorrow. True 4-dimensional modeling.

Download 

http://www.synthetic.space/synthetic/mosquito/

by Carson Smuts

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  • machinehistories

    I really enjoy all of the tools you've developed and I was wondering if there are any plans to implement the twitter streaming api. It would be great to search beyond the 100 return limit. 

  • Paddyf123

    The website for downloading seems to be down.. any ideas when it might be back up again?

    Many Thanks! :)

  • Carson Smuts

     Paddyf123: The site is now back up and running…. sorry about that.

  • Charles Haupt

    Hi Carson

    Thank you for your effort in the development of the Mosquito tools.

    I have downloaded and installed Mosquito but I have an issue that the facebook component is missing in the toolbar.  I have done the usual unblocking and installation process. Also did it twice. But no success.

    I did have an ID conflict initially that was solved the same way as mentioned here: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/mosquito/forum/topics/mosquitos-...

    Any ideas as to what can be the problem.

    I am running Rhino 5 with GH 0.9.0076

    Any help will be appreciated.

    Thanks from Cape Town.

    Keep on making us Proudly South African

  • Ashwin

    Hi Carson looks amazing!  but its not working for me the vector map component. please need help. the serial for dec2016 is not working for me. thanks

  • Carson Smuts

    Strange, can you take a screen shot of this issue for me?

    JZEDQ-IESHE-DTXGF-VEYYX

    Expires December 2016

  • VM

    Hi Carson,

    thank you for the plug-in.

    In the GoogleDirections component, any possibility to implement the "transit" travel mode in addition to "walking-driving-bicycling"?

  • Carson Smuts

    Vincenzo Montefusco: Sure, I can do that in the next update. I've been meaning to get around to that :)

  • Leyuan Jiang

    Hey, Carson. I just download mosquito, but when I try to use vector map, it says expired, though it uses the serial you post recently. Is there a new serial? Thanks!

  • Natasha

    Hi Carson,

    I'm trying to use the vector map component, but it keeps saying that the server is down. I've checked my internet connection and temporarily disabled my firewall incase it was blocking it, but its still not working.

    Also I've updated the serial number so that's not an issue either. Any ideas?

    Thanks!

  • massimo78

    Hi Carson,
    this is a great plugin, offering nice possibilities!
    i have problems with the vector maps component. The project point i get when typing an adress is not the same as in OSM, it always a bit of (tried this using your example file)


    can you shed some light on this?
    any help would really be appreciated!

    thanks,

    max

  • Carson Smuts

    Dear massimo78 , could you tell me which address you are looking at?

  • VM

    Hi Carson, is it available an updated serial? Thanks

  • Carson Smuts

    New Serial

    LCWFT-BCQCM-QLVWP-QCMAY

    Expires 1st September 2017  

  • TJ

    Carson, 

    I am having a projection difference of 33 meters. The grey lines are from the shape file which were exported to CAD. The red lines were extracted from the Vector Map component. What may be the source of the mismatch and how can I correct it?

  • Carson Smuts

    New Mosquito Maps Serial

    KSXZH-GAJHT-DFQNT-OYVKK

    Expires 1st Feb 2018 

  • Kota Matsumoto

    Hi Carson
    Regarding map projection, what is the map projection before ReProject?

  • Carson Smuts

    Kota Matsumoto it should be LatLon initially, which is not something you want to use if you want accurate representation (graphically) of roads. Re-Project then takes Lat Lon and rectifies this issue. Why do you ask? Is the an issue/bug?

  • Gustavo Amaral

    Hi all, with relation to Vector Map, is anyone having a consistent "server down" error, or is it just me? I've tried server 2 as well but I've got the same error. I'm connected to to internet and I was able to get the Vector Maps component to run once, the first time after installing the plug-in. Thanks for any help with this

  • massimo78

    Hi Gustavo,

    try turning off your windows firewall, this solved the issue for me a while ago.

  • Gustavo Amaral

    Hi Massimo,

    Thanks for your reply.

    That was my first try. But it didn't change anything, and by working on it I noticed that when the radius for the circle is too small than the process starts, but it doesn't download anything. When the circle radius is big enough to encompass the two points then it returns a "server down" message as soon as I click on it.

  • TJ

    Carson. Your Reverse GeoCoding component uses a google API?

  • Lyndon Johnson

    Hi All, I tried to use the EXIF reader but I am getting the following error: 1. Solution exception:An item with the same key has already been added.

    If I point to an empty folder its fine, if i add images i immediately get the error. Any idea how I might get around this?

  • Carson Smuts

    That is strange, could you post your definition? (GH File) and a zipped example image?

  • Lyndon Johnson

    Hi Carson,

    There was not much to the definition. It was just your EXIF reader, a folder and a single image, see below:

    If there is no image in the source folder:

    And if I put an image into the folder i get:

    looking at the above, can you see anything wrong?

    Is it possible it requires a plugin or similar which I dont have installed?

    Thanks
    Lyndon

  • Lyndon Johnson

    And the photo:

    I had to re-size in photoshop as it was too large to upload. Presume this wont cause any issues? (I was trying to read the EXIF off the original image).

    Cheers

    Lyndon

    PHOT.zip

  • Lyndon Johnson

    Well now,

    Strange enough - after shrinking the photo using photoshop it is now being read by the EXIF reader...

    Original size was 10.2mb, after resize its down to 2.97mb. Could the image size have something to do with it?


    Cheers

  • Kota Matsumoto

    I want to know the latest serial code

  • Carson Smuts

    Serial Update:

    This is valid until May 1st 2018:

    HZFWH-GBFJZ-LDBBH-SMMGI

  • aprey

    Is the plugin still available because the server is down. ?
  • Carson Smuts

    aprey yes the plugin is working. Are you sure you are not blocking the connection with a Firewall or something similar?

  • Carson Smuts

    New Serial- Valid until Oct 31st 2018 :  LSEFH-TILCQ-INSRY-YBCFP

  • Rafael Lemieszek

    Mosquito doesn't seem to be working very well with Rhino 6... any plans on that front?

  • Thiébaud

    Hi everyone,

    I have been having this new problem lately. 
    Mosquito doesn't seem to connect to internet anymore, I am having this message on several components (like location or VectorMaps) : "the remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden".
    I have tried running it under a VPN but it didn't fix it, if anyone has any ideas...
    Thanks

  • Carson Smuts

    Mosquito Update 0.5a:

    New Vector Maps Reload: As requested you can now reload maps using a boolean toggle. 

    Fixed Routing and Location: Due to services being deprecated these plugins stopped working, I have shifted these components over to another services. It has a couple less features, but it works.

  • Meer Said

    Hi There Carson, 

    Would you be able to sort this out for me please, It just isn't working. 

    All i want to do is to be able to locate where these tweets are coming from in Hong kong. I have a large section of HK ready but i don't have a shape map etc...

    Twitter.gh

  • Gilang Arenza

    Hi Carson, can you share the latest serial number?

  • Carson Smuts

    Latest Serial expires July 31st: KVKJD-PVQZC-ZXNFC-XQUDQ

  • Seyi

    Hi Carson, I've been experiencing a server down on the vector maps widget since I updated the serial number. I have tried turning off my firewall and my internet connection is fine. is there any fix to this please?

  • Seyi

  • Carson Smuts

    Seyi, I do not currently see an issue with the server. Could you try a different computer or wifi connection?

  • Seyi

    Thanks for replying Carson. I have tried to run my script on 3 different wifi connections, and 2 separate computers, I also tried searching for different cities outside of my location (Canada) but I still get the same error. On both computers, I have disabled the firewall and restarted them, still no result. it was working fine until I updated the serial key.

  • Seyi

    Hi Carson, do you have any suggestion for debugging this, please? I can't seem to get the vector maps to work. I have tried everything I can but it just shows the same message, server down. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks for all your hard work!! 

  • Carson Smuts

    MosquitoMaps new serial March 2020:

    GYMGI-RECYQ-JOIBN-KAGLY

  • David Cruz

    Thanks!!!!

  • David Cruz

     

    Hi everybody

    When i use the twitter component, it shows me this error:

    “Solution exception:Se ha terminado la conexión: Error inesperado de envío.”

    It says that basically the connection is over. Does anybody know what´s going on?

    Thanks

  • Carson Smuts

    HI David Cruz, looks like twitter just changed their protocols again. I'll need to fix this. 

    "Solution exception:The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send."

    C

  • Carson Smuts

    David Cruz

    Ok , I found the protocol issue.... fixed the Twitter plugin. Please re-download Mosquito.

    C

  • David Cruz

    Thanks for fixing the twitter component,  mosquito is an amazing tool with an amazing potential. Thank a lot!!

  • Carson Smuts

    NEW Serial for Mosquito Vector Maps expires November 2020

    Serial:  MZGWT-FOXPK-XYDDD-HPOJZ