[pm-h] Projects

[Matt Sisk]

Here's google (glyph, satellite, and hybrid, respectively):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=29.76160+-95.39834
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=29.76160+-95.39834&ll=29.761602,-95.398343&spn=0.006343,0.010214&t=k
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=29.76160+-95.39834&ll=29.761602,-95.398343&spn=0.006343,0.010214&t=h

That last one, hybrid, is pretty cool, btw. The big black rectangle is 
the shadow from America Tower.

Cheers,
Matt

Mike Flannigan wrote:

>For those that care, here is a map of the Waugh St. bridge:
>http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=29.76160&lon=-95.39834&datum=NAD27&s=24&size=l
>http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=29.76160&lon=-95.39834&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l
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>Mike
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>>I wouldn't call it a thoroughly thought-out idea. :) More of a brainstorm after
>>I'd just returned from a ride along Buffalo Bayou.
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>>My first thought was a bat-cam. Not everyone knows it, but there's a bat colony
>>residing beneath the Waugh St. bridge over the bayou. I don't know if it's even
>>possible to catch footage of quick airborne critters such as bats using web-cam
>>technology, but it struck me as interesting to try (whether it be 'see the
>>flock leave at dusk' or a macro-view up in the roost somewhere).
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>>But once I started thinking about that, I started thinking about all the other
>>interesting bayou watching that could be done -- flood stages, flotsam/jetsam
>>watch, dog-parks, festivals, etc.
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>>Anyway -- I think it was a valid observation that this sort of thing would cost
>>money for hardware. Also, a survey of the bayou for open wireless access points
>>would be of use. (on that note, does anyone know if the Houston wireless group
>>has any info on whether Houston has plans to offer wireless in city parks like
>>they do in Austin?)
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>>Also, it's not necessarily perl related. It could easily be, but doesn't have to
>>be. :)
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>>Cheers,
>>Matt
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