[sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

[Marc Juul]

If combined with a lightning detector and an acceleromter it could pinpoint
lightning, earthquakes and large trucks. Also noise pollution mapping. Also
add speakers and you could use it in reverse to get steer cops around
oakland like a laggy rc car parade.


On Friday, March 14, 2014, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> 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 at 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
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