Re sundial atlas

[Fabio]

Dear John

It looks like a call not to use Sundial Atlas rather than to appreciate its 
popular development useful to everyone.
I would remind that:

- in SA you can indicate a sundial on the map in the square of the nearest 
city, and not exactly where it is, indicating the rightness of the position as 
50m, 500m, 5km (about 3 miles) or more then 5km, and without revealing the 
exact location, but still allowing to obtain info on the sundial.

- the publication of the photo of a sundial is the best burglar alarm, since it 
is assumed that a sundial can work only when exposed to the Sun, where everyone 
could recognize it if its picture is known.
I would not recognize a stolen sundial even I saw it because I don't know the 
photos of the stolen sundials.
(on SA a sundial may be classified as 'stolen')

- it is not possible to know who will read the catalogs with censuses of the 
sundials which are periodically published, therefore is not internet to be 
dangerous. You should also advise not to publish catalogs or books on sundials.

- on the web there are now thousands of photo of sundials posted on social 
networks by photographers or simply curious. I think it is better to handle 
these pictures on a site where they also assume gnomonic significance and where 
the management of the diallist can handle all info.

- if a sundial is in a square it is already public. Probably it also is in the 
website of the city as a tourist attraction, or in the website of the 
restaurant or hotel beside (that may have 'sundial' in their name), or in the 
website of a diallist.

- the danger, on the contrary, is to keep the data in the dark of a drawer 
where nobody can consult them unless one decides to sell them, by publishing a 
book. On SA it will be possible to advertise these books because I think one 
can appreciate all the different ways to consult these data.

- I know where is the Monna Lisa, probabily thieves also know where it is, it 
surely must be protected but no one thinks to hide where it is.

My English is not sophisticated, I hope to have not created misunderstandings 
but I think that the problem of thefts is not SA.
I share this problem with you and I accept suggestions if you have any, but it 
would be more evident if there were UK sundials on SA. More than one at least, 
i think.

Best regards, Fabio Savian


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