Where 2.0: Satellites and The Public Interest(Where 2.0:人造卫星和公众利益)
Ben Lorica
2008/05/14
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Lisa Parks (Professor of Media Studies at U.C. Santa Barbara) has devoted years studying the societal and cultural implications of satellite technology. She very briefly described her research into the use of satellite technology during the War in Bosnia (1992-1995), Rwanda (1996), and more recently the use of satellite images to justify the invasion of Iraq. In terms of conveying current events, she noted that the USHMM's use of Google Earth to educate the public about the crisis in Darfur, signaled a change in the role of satellite images. The satellite images functioned like wall paper, with the detailed images and zoom-in capabilities of Google Earth overriding those images. She closed by appealing to the technologists and web developers in the audience. Satellites are everywhere and impact a lot of what we do, yet we know very little about them. When embedding satellite images in web applications, developers should consider exposing important satellite meta-data to users: source of the images, sensing technique used, orbital address and owner of the satellite, etc. She also reiterated the need for a map displaying the thousands of satellites orbiting the earth. It is difficult to do justice to her moving presentation in a short blog post. For more detail, check out her book on this important topic. Kudos to Brady and the rest of the program committee for having Lisa speak at Where 2.0. |
翻译：xiaochong Lisa Parks（加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校的媒体研究教授）几年来研究卫星技术的社会和文化意义。她非常简短地描述了她对于卫星技术在波斯尼亚战争（1992-1995）、卢旺达战争(1996)中应用的研究，以及最近证明伊拉克入侵的卫星图片。 从调查最近一些事件的角度，她指出了美国大屠杀纪念博物馆使用Google Earth来给公众讲授苏丹达尔富尔危机预示了卫星图片的角色的转变。卫星图片和Google Earth那些详细的图片和缩放功能在一起就像是墙纸。 结束的时候她呼吁在座技术人员和Web开发人员，卫星无所不在且很大程度上影响着我们做的事情，尽管我们对此知之甚少。在Web应用中嵌入卫星图片的时候开发人员应该考虑到把一些元数据提供给用户：图片来源，使用的传感技术，轨道地址和卫星的所属，等等。她还重申了展示地球轨道上所有卫星的地图的必要性。 很难在这样一个简短的博客帖子里介绍她感人的演讲。更多详细信息可以看她的书。感谢Brady和其他日程委员会成员请来Lisa到Where 2.0上发言。 |
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