Hi Eric,
There is a technology that can stitch enormous image files (out of Carnegie -Mellon ) Gigapan if I recall. Fast scanning could probably count individuals if the photos are Set up properly. I recall they scanned and stitched a huge audience for Obama's inauguration ceremony. It may be possible for the system to work for images taken with all the cellphones. Multiple sources might do what aerial photos used to perform. With time stamps on photos it should in principal be doable. I have seen 360 degree panoramas in the past that were composites or stitched. Back to the topic however do you have links to the string theory authors.? Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky Ph.D.(Civil Eng.), M.Sc.(Mech.Eng.), M.Sc.(Biology) 120-1053 Beaverhill Blvd. Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R2J 3R2 (204) 2548321 Phone/Fax <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ERIC P. CHARLES Sent: October 30, 2010 9:26 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM] Also not complexity, but I'll be interested to see the final media estimates of the rally in DC today. CBS estimated that Glenn Beck had 87,000. I have photographs montages from today that I estimate to have more than that, and I'm sure I couldn't see half the crowd. Given the lack of aerial photographs, and the continuous influx and outflux of people, it must be very difficult to make a solid estimate.... hey wait, maybe this is complexity problem after all. What is the simplest data we could gather to make an estimate? Some combination of photographs and counts of people passing specific points? Hmmmm.... Eric
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