Re: [sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

i can't tell if you replied to the list or just privately to me. that sounds like it would be fun, but it would be more worthwhile if there were a larger goal to be accomplished, ideally with funding. it wouldn't be trivial - what is the right way to record timestamps onto an audio recording from a GPS? perhaps use one of the two audio channels as a SMPTE timing track? that's kinda ridiculous but there's probably lots of code already written... On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Hol Gaskill wrote: I'd be down to make a few time of flight receivers with you. > > on Mar 14, 2014, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > what do people think of the shotspotter system installed in oakland? > > it's a network of microphones on telephone poles, each with a GPS > (for > a precise clock) and a network connection. When a gunshot-like > sound is > detected, they send the sound and its precise timing to a central > server > that determines the location of the shot, and tells the police to go > there. > > some people have expressed concern that the microphones are used to > spy on > people, but it would be impossible to hear a conversation from the > top of > a telephone pole that wasnt already loud enough to be heard inside > nearby > houses (or the phone in your pocket). > > apparently the city pays $264,000 per year to keep shotspotter > going. I > think sudoroom people could do it for much less if they thought it > was a > useful thing. They would be discontinuing it to save money, or > perhaps to > avoid having to send cops to do actual work once in a while... > > i mean.. sending police toward the gunfire? sounds like a good > idea... > > http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Oakland-cops-aim-to- > scrap-gunfire-detecting-5316060.php > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > > >