[Taxacom] Fwd: Any suggestions of open source monitoring software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?

[Tony Rees]

Hi Ken, Mary, all,

Thanks for the example with the Fluker Posts images. I notice that throws
up another "free" image storage solution i.e. Google Photos (released 2015)
with the images retrievable via hyperlinks. However (unless I have missed
something) there does not appear to be a way to search across the entire
repository, only across photos you have uploaded yourself, which kind of
defeats the purpose of persistent image/data storage for others to
browse/search in the future :)

For example try https://photos.google.com/search/forest (or anything else),
I could not get anything to return...

Georeferenced photos can also be added to Google Maps, where they will be
accessible (to anyone) via a pin or thumbnails box near the relevant
location, although I have not tried this myself. I do like the notion of a
map interface, though, which makes it easy to discover photos at or near
your preferred location. Of course, there are a lot of georeferenced images
not on Google Maps, so it is by no means a complete solution; also depends
on Google's business model and future plans to keep the interface available
(and free to use).

Regards - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees

On 4 December 2017 at 12:03, Walker, Ken <kwalker at museum.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Hi Mary,
>
> Someone here in Melbourne, Australia began such an image project in 2008.
> His name is Martin Fluker and the project is called "Fluker Posts" (
> http://www.flukerpost.com/ ).
>
> Martin has selected a series of locations where he has dug in a wooden
> post to about chest high. On top of these posts are two small pieces of
> wood set at a right angle which forms a "camera cradle". The posts and
> camera cradle ensure similar orientated images are taken. Anyone walking
> past the Fluker Post is invited to place their camera into the cradle, take
> a photo and send Martin the image. Martin then assembles the images by time
> and posts them on his Fluker Posts website.
>
> Here are some examples:
>
> Beach images at Sea Grit, New Jersey: https://photos.google.com/
> share/AF1QipP6-dVMux0EFAq28HzqJ6n9y5CfSzoSOx3DZ_
> PstodrfjAZ4rC6MXp4G0vPqB5dlw?key=QkdxY0dWbW53XzZHMldHdzZTRzJxSFczNGFNend3
>
> A track in the Brisbane Ranges National Park: https://photos.google.com/
> share/AF1QipMmyVarvMFe94UcADQksxeNvxX2nMteYPUCkVMC-
> 3xDyvLURaFNMlJ4_S2ISPUTTA?key=aDhiSjJwendEOUJGSVFJT3R2QXJxZW1wNlpoSXVR
>
> A creek in the Gunbower Forest: https://photos.google.com/share/
> AF1QipPMwfH8Ux2h91oBB8s375oYXThFZr3KIobEF2NuTxwEeXs70PKgcd5O
> QhraxnPnwg?key=SjgydVZUOEVLaVpJYUpfVE9BSDh3YUdmVUV2TVZ3
>
> Fluker Posts have certainly begun many conversations about citizen science
> documenting change
>
> Ken
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
> Mary Barkworth
> Sent: Monday, 4 December 2017 10:58 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Fwd: Any suggestions of open source monitoring
> software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?
>
> Yes Tony, I greatly appreciate your sorting through what is involved and
> everyone's suggestions.
> Do I want to do it? Did we want to start digitizing specimen data? Do
> people want to make voucher specimens?
>
> The part that I can see the most value for right now is monitoring
> beaches, maybe standardized photographs after storms and/or once a ?week,
> ?month.  Do I want to do it? Not particularly but if a school science club
> or a group of citizens wanted to start doing it, I would really like to be
> able to point them to a site that would maximize the value of their efforts.
>
> Mary
>
>