> Can we get a show of hands for Playa Geowankers? hand up here.
Note doing software projects in the desert can be pretty unforgiving obviously; but even more so than might be expected. In 2000 I did a small software project for burning man that later made into geourl -> it was pretty hellacious even being able to demo the idea in that environment... grit got into the computer, the screen was illegible, everybody was wasted and didn't want to focus on a video display. Several other projects I contributed to also got demolished by conditions: vandalism, wind, rain, dust; in particular a large one from MIT that was trying to project images from a helium balloon onto a dome in real time... which ended up as a mire of barco projectors in the mud with a torn flapping dirty sheet that once vaguely resembled a dome whipping in the wind above the skeletal struts as a kind of surrender flag... On an unrelated note -> Since the tail of the email got pushed to geowanking out of some chatting we were doing in the background I should clarify some of the context there if people care: Tom Longson has a project called http://openviewproject.org which proposes to do a google street view for burning man. This seemed similar to the idea of doing an open voxel space although I think our consensus was that they shouldn't be tied together - since that just burdens each. I was in agreement with Tom in that this is probably controversial. Also; several people have noticed a new video from RadioHead that plays around with some LIDAR data - it is worth looking at - here: http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/viewer.html . The same kind of data could be manufactured with multiple conventional cameras as well - with a bit more work. ...and now back to our regularily scheduled wanking... - me On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Anselm Hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh jesus that is so true. > > > > Burning Man will be totally controversial. I think it might be a bit > much > > eh? > > > > Check out the new radio head vid. > > > > a > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Tom Longson (nym) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> > Let's all coordinate in the broader context of BRC geo activities this > >> > year ... ok? > >> > >> I am building this as an independent project due to the complexities of > >> relying on other people, especially the bmorg. I don't expect this > project > >> to go without it's fair share of controversy. That being said, I am > totally > >> excited about the idea of it being an integrated part of your > overarching > >> service, as long as it appears to be independent so any heat doesn't > fall on > >> your heads as well. > >> > >> With respect to Burning Man, people have some odd ideas about privacy. > On > >> one hand, it's more photographed than your average street in the city, > but > >> on the other hand a fair amount of people have some idea that > photographers > >> need their permission before publishing photos. This is probably due to > the > >> commercial rules regarding using one's likeness, although the OpenView > >> Project is designed to be a non profit, open source, creatively commons > >> licenced community. I intend on creating a way for people to submit > requests > >> for removal, but I'm fairly sure that won't prevent it from being a > >> lightning rod. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Tom > >> http://truefalsemaybe.com/ > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Let's all coordinate in the broader context of BRC geo activities this > >>> year ... ok? > >>> > >>> How are you planning to archive data (of off your cameras) on the > >>> playa? Our group will have a 2TB raid out there to store Aerial > >>> Photography we generate, so lets coordinate on that front ... also > >>> with Rich and other Gigapan types. > >>> > >>> Tom et al you are also welcome to check out the code here > >>> http://trac.assembla.com/burningmanearth/browser/django/trunk ... and > >>> have a look at the rest of the wiki, and lets discuss requirements and > >>> possibilities for the whole range of applications. > >>> > >>> Jeff > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Anselm Hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > Hey cool. Well I think our idea is just a slight variation ; to use > >>> > voxels.. > >>> > > >>> > Let's contribute to Tom's project? > >>> > > >>> > - a > >>> > > >>> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Mike Liebhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> This is cool Tom and Mikel, > >>> >> > >>> >> I am cc'ing anselm, stephen white and alan keown who have been > >>> >> noodling > >>> >> offline about anselm's open voxelspace proposal, whch is similar and > >>> >> directly adjacent to this project. > >>> >> > >>> >> Cheers! > >>> >> > >>> >> Mike > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> Mikel Maron wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Cool dude > >>> >> > >>> >> I added a link on the BMEarth wiki. Feel free to throw up anything > you > >>> >> want there > >>> >> > >>> >> http://trac.assembla.com/burningmanearth/wiki/PlayaStreetView > >>> >> > >>> >> ----- Original Message ---- > >>> >> From: Tom Longson (nym) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> >> To: Mikel Maron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mike Liebhold < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >>> >> Jay > >>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Rich Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:45:14 AM > >>> >> Subject: OpenViewProject.org Up! > >>> >> > >>> >> Hey guys, > >>> >> > >>> >> Just wanted to let you know my base site for the OpenView Project is > >>> >> up! I > >>> >> have a statement about the project at the bottom about what it is > >>> >> about and > >>> >> why I am doing it. I am hoping it will become part of Mikel's work > >>> >> with > >>> >> Burning Man Earth, as well as Open Street Map. Right now though, I'm > >>> >> just > >>> >> hoping to build it in time for this year's burn. > >>> >> > >>> >> http://openviewproject.org/ > >>> >> > >>> >> Cheers, > >>> >> Tom (nym) > >>> >> http://truefalsemaybe.com/ > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > anselm 415 215 4856 http://hook.org http://makerlab.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > anselm 415 215 4856 http://hook.org http://makerlab.com > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- anselm 415 215 4856 http://hook.org http://makerlab.com
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