Also, the October Sky and Telescope ($6, Smith's grocery store) reports on an astronomy camera/software setup that lets you put easily stitch together a large number of images to increase resolution. Imaging Source's DMK 21AF04. Relatively inexpensive as these things go ($390, www.astronomycameras.com) , let's you get into multispectral imaging stuff. Not that there are non-astronomy teeming throngs waiting to do such things, but it is cool. (Actually I can think of some apps, but they're not particularly distributed, urban or social).
C. John Goekler wrote: > Check the next level of personal recon with your own UAV and Google > Earth from Global Guerillas > > > > Global Guerrillas > <http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/> > > Link to Global Guerrillas > <http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/> > > JOURNAL: DIY Hi Def Recon > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/typepad/rzYD/%7E3/159908234/journal-diy-hi-.html> > > > > Posted: 22 Sep 2007 09:38 AM GMT-06:00 > > Chris Anderson (the editor of Wired magazine) has been pushing the > envelope of do-it-yourself reconnaissance > <http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/09/uav-image-proce.html> > using low cost UAVs <http://diydrones.com/>, stitching software > <http://pictearthusa.com/> (in conjunction with Google Earth), a GPS > datalogger > <http://www.unityelectronics.com/product-product_id/4065/m/i_Blue/p/I_BLUE747> > > ($99), and digital cameras (the Canon PowerShot SD650 > <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B000ENPDSW/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4692811-9911312?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1190472398&sr=8-1>, > > at 6 MP). Yet another global guerrilla tinkering project for > applications in security and disaster response. > > > > > On 9/23/07, *Stephen Guerin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Here's a typical blog about the emergence of end-user tools for > digital capture > of urban information: > > > http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-5-urban-gadgets-and-software.html > > The last bit is interesting where they say: > """ > We know that there are users our there that view SketchUp as a > tool for the > masses and frown upon its simple tool set and interface. Yet this > is what its > all about, mass participation in modeling and geographic > information using > simple to use yet powerful toolsets. > > In essence this is the start of a longer list of recommend > hardware and software > of note is our lack of mention of ESRI, 3D Max, Laser Scanners or > other high end > software/hardware. > > The market is changing and with it both the software and levels of > hardware > required, to be continued.. > """ > > > So it's becoming an interesting question of what a community might > be able to do > when you combine data collection via SketchUp, Google Maps/Earth, > cheap GPS > devices, and GeoCoded photos and augment that with 3D GIS-based > agent-based > models. What type of applications could we imagine if data could > be managed in a > peer-to-peer way with groups within the community having private > and public data > layers? How might these tools help a community organize around > different issues? > > -S > > --- -. . ..-. .. ... .... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... .... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > www.Redfish.com <http://www.Redfish.com> > 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 > mobile: (505)577-5828 > office: Santa Fe, NM (505)995-0206 / London, UK +44 (0) 20 7993 4769 > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
