hi,
I think since what we want to do is videotape a railway route, the
driver's bogey is more suited to this. I would want to film during day
time only under good visibility conditions, where possible.
I think we could give the CC-BY-SA license to the Indian Railways.
I do not think there'll be too many people to worry about unlike
Google Street View.
Another interesting project could be trying to film rivers from source
to where it meets the sea.
It'll also be a way to map a few things.
Great points! Never thought this could be such an interesting
discussion. Flipcams are great too!
Pradeep
On 17/06/2011, Vickram Crishna <vvcrishna(a)radiophony.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Pradeep Mohandas
<
pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
I understand. But the question is that of access to the driver/guard
bogey.
We can either be there or not be there at all. Another issue is that we
can
use the video during daytime only.
It's an interesting logistical exercise along with having a "free" video
tape of all of that length of railway line.
Quite apart from the permission of the Railway authorities, please be aware
that we, all of us, have a responsibility not to inadvertently record anyone
without their express permission. This may not be expressed explicitly in
legal terms in India, hence may not cross the line being drawn by the
Creative Commons partners, but is nevertheless an important distinction to
be recognised whilst undertaking anything as incredibly scaled up as this.
It could be done, in practical terms, by editing all the footage and
blurring all faces, mostly automatically.
For those who think perhaps this is a sort of googly, please do some reading
on Google Street View, and the judgments of the European Court, aside from
individual countries such as UK and Germany, just for perspective.
I am totally in favour of this project being done, by the way. If enough
people can be found across the country who have time and access to Flips, I
doubt it would be very difficult to carry out, provided the Railways is
willing (and it is not illegal) to allow people in the Guard Bogies. I have
seen Flip night recordings, by the way, and do not think this is a major
impediment either.
With care (for individuals/faces), I think it might even be possible to do
on some city suburban rail lines. It may not require any permissions, if it
is done from passenger carriages. But doing it from the motorman's viewpoint
(definitely needs permission) could create some totally fascinating footage.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>