Emotional Mapping

example of biomapping: Nottingham (credit: Christian Nold)

A new way of mapping emerged with the concept of bio mapping by Christian Nold. Now, one's emotional state can be quantified in the form of a map. I wonder if the relation between man and community; relation between man and nature be defined through this tool.

Nold explains in his website:

Bio Mapping = Lie Detector + GPS

The Bio Mapping tool uses a custom built Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) sensor which is based on the lie detector. The device records the changing levels of sweat on the skin as a measure of the user’s physiological arousal. By aggregating all the participants journeys, a surface layer can be created that becomes a ‘Communal Emotion Map’.

By interpreting and annotating this data, communal emotion maps are constructed that are packed full of personal observations which show the areas that people feel strongly about and truly visualize the social space of a community.


Nold, Christian. Bio Mapping. http://www.biomapping.net