Hello, I'm going to Burning Man next year for the wedding of a friend and I would absolutely be interested in participating in these projects. I'm a Berkeley archaeology PhD student who is doing research on geohacking and use of place.
Colleen > Hi Jeffrey > > I've been thinking about similar efforts for DIY remote sensing over > Burning Man (minus the commercial sponsorship). > So I'm very interested in what you're proposing, helping, and seeing if > there could be any overlap in the Black Rock Desert. > > Pasted in below, my quick take on the idea > -Mikel > > > Over one week, Black Rock City is assembled and destroyed, in an > intense recapitulation of urbanization over history. It's an > ideal experimental ground for anyone interested in the life cycle of > cities. > > The ultimate goal of this project is a low cost, remote > sensing platform which takes a photo every minute for the entire week > of Burning Man. The latest imagery is relayed back to the ground, for > all sorts of event feedback (find friends, remote sensing art). > Post-event assemble that week of imagery into a time lapse movie. > > This > is no small technical task. And an extreme environment. But just as > other facets of GIS have been amatuerized, remote sensing is poised to > become a democratic technology. Why wait for NASA or Google to fly > over? These guys aren't... > http://del.icio.us/mikel_maron/diysensors%2Bremotesensing > > Over > 2007, the aim is to attract skilled people to the project, design, and > prototype with a limited version for this year, and aim for a complete > project in 2008. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jeffrey Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:17:15 PM > Subject: [Geowanking] You Spy Networks @ Coachella 2007 > > Hey list, > > Don't know if everyone here is familiar with the new pict'earth > imaging system. If not, the easiest way to check it out is by watching > some videos on our new website http://youspy.tv > > Anyway, my buddies and I have hatched a plan to use this kind of > system at a large music festival on the west coast in late April > http://coachella.com/ ... Check out our preliminary proposal @ > http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfp7hjmm_17dncj6q&revision=_published > > We have tried all the normal channels to get in touch with people at > Coachella and see if this thing can fly, and I left a message for > Michael Jones CTO of google earth this morning and some emails > previously, but no word back yet. > > So, if anyone on the list has a better connection to anyone that can > help us, we would appreciate the help. These systems are totally cool, > and I am sure you can all appreciate that. We will of course need all > the help we can get if we are going to pull this off, so if anyone is > interested, send me a mail or catch me on gtalk. > > -- > Jeffrey Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ortelius.googlepages.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
