Comments on: Street View Postcards http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495209 Nabakov Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:12:10 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495209 As a frequent user of taxis in more than one city and country while often pissed out of my mind at sparrowfart,I wanna see this app as a HUD for taxi drivers. "No I can't remember the hotel's name and I've lost their card but I know what the street looks like." "Que?" As a frequent user of taxis in more than one city and country while often pissed out of my mind at sparrowfart,I wanna see this app as a HUD for taxi drivers.

“No I can’t remember the hotel’s name and I’ve lost their card but I know what the street looks like.”
“Que?”

]]> By: Mercurius http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495147 Mercurius Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:01:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495147 <blockquote>Can Street View replace the need to take one’s camera to show off a place you’ve visited?</blockquote> <a href="http://postcards21c.wordpress.com rel="nofollow">Nope</a>.

Can Street View replace the need to take one’s camera to show off a place you’ve visited?

Nope.

]]> By: Robert Merkel http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495101 Robert Merkel Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:14:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495101 Chris: undoubtedly. And, clearly, replicating the work of scenic photographers wasn't Google's goal here. Chris: undoubtedly. And, clearly, replicating the work of scenic photographers wasn’t Google’s goal here.

]]> By: Chris (a different one) http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495098 Chris (a different one) Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:06:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495098 Maybe not the best for great vista shots, but I've had relatives visiting from interstate recently and it was very useful for showing them how to get to places they'd never been before. Not only can you show them the route on the map, but what it will look like along the way (eg at points where they need to turn). Maybe not the best for great vista shots, but I’ve had relatives visiting from interstate recently and it was very useful for showing them how to get to places they’d never been before. Not only can you show them the route on the map, but what it will look like along the way (eg at points where they need to turn).

]]> By: Robert Merkel http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495096 Robert Merkel Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:50:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495096 Indeed. There's nothing like a recording to show the rose-coloured glasses, with matching earmuffs, that you typically witness a live performance through. No wonder everybody wanted to lip-sync on <EM>Countdown</EM>... Indeed. There’s nothing like a recording to show the rose-coloured glasses, with matching earmuffs, that you typically witness a live performance through.

No wonder everybody wanted to lip-sync on Countdown…

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495087 FDB Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:26:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495087 "It was rather a lesson in how selective our visual memory can be, actually." Hmmm.. this is kinda on-topic I guess... I was thinking much the same thing the other day WRT sound and live music. And not just in memory, but in real-time too. We experience and remember as mind-blowing perfection, performances which if recorded from our listening position would be severely compromised even with the best equipment. Try it some time - even a good split from the desk or true fully-multichannel recording will reveal muddy, messy sound and usually performances that probably wouldn't have been the "user" take in the studio. If not outright fuckups you just don't notice if you're there. Or maybe, don't care about until you're <i>not</i> there. But that's the good ones. Your average live gig is <i>decidedly</i> average sounding, even when I'm mixing! Visual memory and real-time experience seems to be the same, only (as ever) much easier to define and describe due to the inherent inferiority of light to sound as an emotional stimulant. But there are some serious filters in our sensory perception and memory that are just wonderful at making things better when we want them to be better. How cool is that? “It was rather a lesson in how selective our visual memory can be, actually.”

Hmmm.. this is kinda on-topic I guess…

I was thinking much the same thing the other day WRT sound and live music. And not just in memory, but in real-time too. We experience and remember as mind-blowing perfection, performances which if recorded from our listening position would be severely compromised even with the best equipment.

Try it some time - even a good split from the desk or true fully-multichannel recording will reveal muddy, messy sound and usually performances that probably wouldn’t have been the “user” take in the studio. If not outright fuckups you just don’t notice if you’re there. Or maybe, don’t care about until you’re not there.

But that’s the good ones. Your average live gig is decidedly average sounding, even when I’m mixing!

Visual memory and real-time experience seems to be the same, only (as ever) much easier to define and describe due to the inherent inferiority of light to sound as an emotional stimulant. But there are some serious filters in our sensory perception and memory that are just wonderful at making things better when we want them to be better. How cool is that?

]]> By: GW http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495083 GW Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:14:44 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495083 the highway near uluru doesnt seem to be up... the highway near uluru doesnt seem to be up…

]]> By: Jason Wilson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495079 Jason Wilson Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:45:39 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/12/street-view-postcards/#comment-495079 Ha great post Robert - I am gonna go find some postcard views myself! Ha great post Robert - I am gonna go find some postcard views myself!

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