[Edu-sig] some notes and links

[kirby urner]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Gregor Lingl <gregor.lingl at aon.at> wrote:

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>> http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
>
> This is really a great demo
>>
>> ...
>> Given my Geometry + Geography paradigm, I see trucking mixing with
>> Google Street View as a way to learn more about a given topography
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>
> We have a big discussion in Europe at the moment (especially Germany and
> Austria) concerning the question if google streetview is legal in our
> countries or should be restricted/forbidden.

Good hearing from you.

People leery (suspicious) in the UK as well.

There's a "public roads" argument, i.e. public roads should be accessible
to Google's spy vehicles, just as space is to satellites.

Gated communities, private property owners, might deny access.

However, not every society has a well-defined notion of "public roads".

Here's the Blue House where I hang out quite a bit:

http://tinyurl.com/238y58r

It's an old picture though, the car in the driveway long ago recycled.

We also have more vegetables growing in front, thinks to the
live-in Global U student  (getting a degree in community organizing).

>
> Concerning html5 and given your Geometry + Geography paradigm you might want
> to have a look at what can be done with the htlm-canvas element alone:
>
> http://www.phpguru.org/html5-examples

Way cool, forwarded to Facebook (where some math teachers track
me), with attribution to one Gregor on edu-sig (one of the greats).

Kirby

>
> Regards,
> Gregor
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>