Great blog! I’ve forwarded the site to my kids and added it to my list of favorites. Was particularly fascinated by the article on green plants, and will be heading to the florist shortly. Jeni, you truly are a Rennaisance Woman!
renee’
I am impressed my dear friend!! keep pushing. I wish people follow your work and inspiration to use other method of transportation. I will try with my nephew.
teresa
There is so much to absorb here! Thanks, Jenifer! I really enjoy your blog and will pass it on.
Jane Ingalls
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JJ Madden,
My firm, AirPhotosLIVE.com did the aerial photography and crowd counts for the Rally for Sanity event you described in your Local Opinion article (11/21/10). More important than the ultimate ‘peak crowd size we calculated was the time lapse aerial data on how and where the crowds surged and swarmed. With this data many of the crowd flow problems can be visualized and avoided in future events.
My firm spent 3 weeks researching and specifically rehearsing for the crowd count at the Colbert Stewart Sanity rally as well as the Beck Palin rally and others. See http://www.AirPhotosLIVE.com
The crowd movement patterns we see from the air are valuable since they help transportation, security, first-responders and even Porta-Potty planners locate and track the flow of the crowd. Some of our perspectives and crowd analysis data is available in near real time for public agencies. This data can be pushed out through the social media outlets you suggest. This could help train loads of people enter the least occupied gates to the National Mall. We used both a tethered surveillance aerostat, the GeoEye Satellite data and our experienced photographer/crowd analyst in the Washington Monument —giving us 3d views of the event from multiple perspectives.
We have a good idea of how and where the crowds surged and are happy to share that site specific data with the DC Metro, the Park Service and other first-responder interests. CBS News has shared our crowd count source data in several formats–see the updated link below.
The Post’s Ombudsman’s suggestion that this type of unbiased, accurate crowd counting service should be used for future events makes most sense for emergency planning and park management. As you nicely say there may be soon be ‘human hurricane’ that can quickly get out of control on the National Mall.
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=3c6784b6-4e50-4f3a-8fc7-b60cba169384&m=false&i=0:8:0&c=0:0:0&z=628.427947234112&d=-1.20919957615615:-1.20919957615615:-1.20919957615614&p=23.8643524266119:-11.9322058106963&t=False
Fascinating possibilities for managing crowds. Thanks for your information – hope you get traction with any and all planners. Perhaps you could drop a line to the Post Letters editor as a follow up/ add on. – JJM
OK Jennifer, you asked for it. I have now tweeted twice today broadcasting colleague’s AP stories.
seth
Your tweets need a tweak.
@JJmaddn
Jeni,
Just came across your blog! It’s great and so informative.
Nada
Hey – so glad to have you! How did you find me?
Jeni,
Love your blog – you are so amazing! I definitely need you to keep me posted about NoVa happenings. Thanks for all your time and effort! I’ll pass it on!
Thanks so much for taking the time to write – and joining my email list! I promise not to abuse the privilege!
very good read, thought provoking and entertaining, keep up the good fight!! Look forward to the next edition!!
Michael