OpenStreetMap will be mapping NASA Ames/Moffett Field at the Yuri's Night party, April 12. We could use help with a couple things .. do you have real time GPS tracking devices, animation/visualization software, or accurate non-GPS based locating devices, or simply time to spare .. Bay Area geowankers, are you interested?Read on..
Yuri's Night is a global celebration of space exploration, the anniversary of Yuri Gargarin's historic space flight. There are geek talks, weird art, and lots of music. The Bay Area event happens at NASA Ames, in and around the aircraft hangers! Last year's was a great event, one of the smartest parties ever, extraordinary setting, highly recommended. "Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008 will feature talks by Will Wright and Stewart Brand; art and sculpture by The Flaming Lotus Girls and Michael Christian; live acrobatic and modern dance performances by Capacitor; musical performance by Amon Tobin and the special debut of the new band Telstar, featuring Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead; and much, much more!" http://yurisnightbayarea.net/ OpenStreetMap will be one of the science exhibits. We want to give attendees a taste of GPS mapping, and make some pretty animations. During mapping parties, we gather up everyone's GiPS traces, and make animations. This one from Mumbai came out really well. http://youtube.com/watch?v=EuDJu7JM2iI At Yuri's night, we'll have GPS devices. People can carry them around the extensive outside space (though not all of Ames, most of the property is still off limits). We'll upload the tracks and make animations using "party render". At least, that's the most basic thing we can do. If we had real time tracking devices, then there's a whole other level to the demonstration .. any leads on borrowing something suitable? If we had devices that didn't really on GPS, then people could wander in the inside space as well .. is wifi locating accurate enough and what would we need to set up there, or is there another method? Do you have any ideas on visuals? Or any other ideas? If you want to help out with these things, you'll be rewarded with free admission, as well as the reward of doing something cool. We might also need a couple folks to take a shift at the booth, helping with the devices, etc. Not sure how many this will be, but also likely free admission. Cheers -Mikel
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