[Ssc-dev] Fwd: FooCampers Digest, Vol 671, Issue 1

[Sam Gregory]

Just saw this on the Foo list re Exif data and mass usages.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Future value of EXIF data (Jesse Robbins)
   2. Solid Local Boston (Jon Bruner)
   3. Re: Future value of EXIF data (Imran Ali)


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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:13:42 -0800
From: Jesse Robbins <jesse.robbins at openaid.org>
To: John Gilbey <gilbey at bcs.org.uk>
Cc: FoocampersList <foocampers at foo.oreilly.com>
Subject: Re: [FooCampers] Future value of EXIF data
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On Jan 30, 2014, at 10:35 AM, John Gilbey <john.gilbey at talk21.com> wrote:
> In this week's edition of the UK magazine Amateur Photographer I have an
article discussing the potential future uses of the EXIF data embedded in
digital photo files - such as building a "found" mass archive of (for
example) dates of indicator-species leaf emergence to inform studies of
climate change.
>
> I would be interested in discussing this with anyone else curious about
evaluating this potential resource. Get in touch with me if you'd like to
have a chat!

Check out the work of Dr. Simon Pierce, founder & Chief Scientist of the
Marine Megafauna Foundation.

SImon works with EcoOcean to identify and track whale sharks using
crowdsourced images of the spot patterns on the shark skin.  They process
this with matching software adapted from Hubble space telescope star
finding system!  So far they have identified over 4300 whale sharks this
way, and are combing that data with satellite monitoring systems, fat
composition analysis, and more.  They open sourced the software, and it is
now used to identify polar bears (by whisker spots) and several other
species.

email: simon at marinemegafauna.org

(He may be on this list)


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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:15:23 +0000
From: Imran Ali <imran at ali.name>
To: John Gilbey <gilbey at bcs.org.uk>
Cc: FoocampersList <foocampers at foo.oreilly.com>
Subject: Re: [FooCampers] Future value of EXIF data
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Hey John. I'd be interested in talking about this further.

I've just been commissioned by the University of Leeds and the Arts &
Humanities Research council to develop storytelling platforms for heritage
and culture. One of the areas we really want to explore is metadata and
digital artefacts, with a view to developing good practices and principles
for curators and such.


On 30 January 2014 18:35, John Gilbey <john.gilbey at talk21.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> In this week's edition of the UK magazine Amateur Photographer I have an
> article discussing the potential future uses of the EXIF data embedded in
> digital photo files - such as building a "found" mass archive of (for
> example) dates of indicator-species leaf emergence to inform studies of
> climate change.
>
> I would be interested in discussing this with anyone else curious about
> evaluating this potential resource. Get in touch with me if you'd like to
> have a chat!
>
> Cheers,   John
>
>
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