The map of the British Isles on the Geograph site is now indicating that so many locations have been documented with uploaded photographic evidence, that the little red indicators lie so thick across the green landscape, the mainland of Britain has turned almost entirely red (a sight/site that no doubt brings a tear of joy [...]
Barry Hunter, the other co-developer, emails me…. also raising the Heisenberg issue, and the complexities for me of operating a blog…..
Hi Mike, Just seen the latest installment of your blog in relation to geograph. I actully found your blog very early on (I think about the second [...]
The other co-developer of the Geograph site has left a comment in the Legart_ Geograph. ‘First contact’ as we say hereabouts…..
The metadesign of Geograph Mike Leggett has been sharing his musings on Geograph and it’s interesting to read an outside analysis of the phenomenon. I only came across it today even though Technorati keeps a [...]
Out of the blue an email from another Geograph member:
On 24/04/2006, at 8:25 AM, Penny Mayes wrote:
An email from one of the site creators, ‘lordelph’ (Sounds a bit D&D!), but more than likely the error was picked up by one of the recently appointed regional co-ordinators.
Re: SS6441 Wistlepound Reservoir
http://www.geograph.org.uk/editimage.php?id=127171———————————————————-
A visitor to the site has suggested changes to this photo submission. The changes will be reviewed by site moderators, who may need [...]
I spent an hour on the Geograph site with the express intention of finding out more about communication between the Members, Moderators and Developers, the three layers of government (rather than collaboration – see earlier post), that help to make the whole operation run smoothly. With up to 600 images A DAY being posted into [...]
I’ve just spotted an interesting confusion over the terms Fischer and Giaccardi have established under the term metadesign: CoI and CoE. Previously I connected CoI, community of Interest with the users of the site, as they were the ones displaying the interest and curiosity in what it was the community of Experts had come up [...]
The moderation I was expecting when posting the images described in the previous note, did not materialise. Four images were posted directly to the site and the fifth, not so clear as a photograph but with a compelling caption about a drowned valley, was held for moderation and posted by today.
Checking the Forum discover [...]
The concerns expressed in an earlier post about moderation seems unfounded. I posted five images for the SS myriad (100×100 kilometres) which encompasses North Devon / Somerset. The upload interface is very detailed, including position of camera on the map, and date taken, and thus collects a lot of detailed information even if you don’t [...]
A month later the discussion with the CoI becomes more gritty, there emerging concerns from among the members about the ‘viewbagger’ – one who rushes out, (often with a telephoto lens, a frowned upon device by many in the forums), to carpetbag the main feature in one of the grid squares. Country mansions or castles [...]