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Re: Gardens: That's a wrap; Coming up next
John Riley 2006-Jul-19 21:12:00
I was planning a pano at the beautiful garden at the local airfield.
I will admit that I planned to phone ahead to get official clearance
so that I can avoid any pointless confrontations with security. I
know that there is no basis for them to forbid me, but I have heard
some nasty tales of folks getting some serious scrutiny. A local
photographer was was shooting some pics of a new building at a local
church (commissioned by the church), using the vantage point from the
top of a nearby parking garage. The security guard at the church
called the police and reported him as engaging in "terrorist-like
behavior". He got an extensive round of questioning by the local cops.
Yes, there are over-reactive folks around, so I would try to call
ahead to avoid problems if you think you might be a place where folks
will get antsy.
My 2 cents,
John
John Riley
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On Jul 18, 2006, at 4:19 PM, c b arun kumar wrote:
> Hi Wally
>
> are you meaning to toe the line that photographic
> access to a location promotes terrorism?
>
> Just becuse we will put up one pano each from 300 plus
> locations over the globe terrorists are going to study
> our panos and plan their future targets?
>
> Lets get real people who have access to bombs and guns
> probably have access to satellites, miniature cameras
> that security forces may not even see then handling or
> using.
>
> Just a few days ago in Mumbai, India, LET Islamic
> Militants staged a horrific bomb attack on varuous
> trains killing 200+ people by merely planting
> suitcases in crowded suburban trains!
>
> I dont think a WWP on Transportation could be a
> security threat! Any more than any of the zillion pics
> of millions of well known locations all over the world
> easily available on the net.
>
> So let us not even start on such non-issues!
>
> C B ArunKumar
> --- wally_tirado <#removed#> wrote:
>
> > In the upcoming event "Transportation" we might want
> > to reconsider or
> > at the very least set some boundries on upcoming
> > submission event.
> >
> > Terrorists today target transportation systems (eg.
> > subways or
> > airports) and having access in one place that they
> > could view and
> > study their targets, I belevie should warrant some
> > consideration.
> >
> > --- In #removed#, Landis <landis@...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I can't thank you all enough for your
> > participation in this most
> > > recent WWP event. Gardens has turned out
> > fantastic! With a final
> > > count of 317 contributions it's second in
> > participation only to Best
> > > of 2005, and this event was only open for 5 days
> > instead of a whole
> > > year. So congratulations to all of you for a job
> > well done. It was
> > > great to see gardens and also some very creative
> > interpretations of
> > > gardens from all over the globe.
> > >
> > > The final iteration of the site is now live with a
> > couple additions
> > > (Don!) and minor changes from the original release
> > on 4 July. Please
> > > have a look and don't forget the Google Earth
> > placemark. The newest
> > > placemark (downloadable from
> > http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp_all/
> > > index.html) will automatically update from now on
> > with each new
> > > event. So if you've already got it since Gardens
> > debut right-click
> > > and 'refresh' your link since a couple coordinates
> > have been changed
> > > thanks to our geographic editor Thomas Rauscher
> > (Thanks Thomas!).
> > >
> > > Final site stats:
> > > - 692 people have participated in at least one
> > event
> > > - 2,322 separate contributions!
> > > - 317 participated in Gardens
> > > - 26 people have contributed to all 10 events (and
> > another 16 have
> > > been with us for at least 9)!
> > >
> > > Coming up next:
> > >
> > > The next event is 20-24 September with the theme
> > 'Transportation'.
> > > We've looked at the many suggestions for themes on
> > the YG database
> > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp/database)
> > (including Mobility,
> > > Movement/Dynamics, Railway, Road, Traffic, Train
> > Stations of the
> > > World) and rolled them into one theme that we hope
> > will give us all
> > > some creative challenges and some extremely
> > interesting takes on the
> > > subject from around the world. The essay is
> > currently missing, but I
> > > will get to that in the next 2 weeks (really, I
> > promise). Other than
> > > that all of the information on the next theme can
> > be found in the
> > > usual place
> > (http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp/practical/
> > > NextEvent.html). Also please remember that I keep
> > up to date an iCal
> > > Calendar (works w/ Outlook and any others that
> > read ics files) for
> > > WWP deadlines, etc, at
> > webcal://icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics
> > >
> > > After Transportation in September we will once
> > again offer a 'Best
> > > of' in lieu of a 4-7 day themed event. We really
> > feel that this
> > > gives the WWP community a chance to participate
> > with their favorite
> > > work done at any time in the last year. We've
> > seen some great stuff
> > > in the past and will see much more in the future.
> > So keep spinning
> > > and looking all around you for the moment that
> > will give you your
> > > Best of 2006 contribution.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Finally I want to offer a deep and sincere thanks
> > to Markus for his
> > > amazing work on the WWP Prep Server. This awesome
> > bit of software
> > > has really enabled all of us to create this WWP
> > community and we're
> > > incredibly lucky to have such a capable, thorough,
> > and giving person
> > > working with us. He has spent many, many (many!)
> > hours at the
> > > keyboard to make this project what we see today
> > and to make the rest
> > > of our jobs all that much easier. Thank you
> > Markus!
> > >
> > > I've got a couple of other things that I want to
> > reply to about web
> > > rings, comments, badges, etc. But that will have
> > to wait until
> > > tomorrow. I've got some paying work to do for a
> > little while now. :)
> > >
> > > Once again, thank you to everyone. Now to
> > actually 'look' at all the
> > > contributions. :)
> > >
> > > -Landis
> > >
> >
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