At 6:22 PM -0400 6/3/10, ESP wrote:
>Not your usual pie chart here, no-sir-re-Bob. I love the top image
>on the Crex Meadows posting with Steve's photos.
>
>I want to call attention to it. It's a rarity in this day and age. A
>graph that isn't boring and gives lots of information easily -
>almost subliminally. And you don't even know you're learning
>something.
>
>The link:
><https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/type/www/audio-art-tech-gallery/pages/2010Rec=
ordistCampout_SoundSample-Preseent.html>https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/type/ww=
w/audio-art-tech-gallery/pages/2010RecordistCampout_SoundSample-Preseent.ht=
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>
>Rob, are you a fan of Edward R. Tufte? I am. He wrote several books.
>Two are The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and
>Envisioning Information. He also was disgusted with the way people
>use MS PowerPoint.
>
>In Rob's graphic he has a photo of the CMWA, a sound recording of
>the area, and a sonogram of the recording. There's more information
>also. The location, GPS coordinates, and date plus a 24 hour time
>line - from noon to noon. Let us know if I guess anything
>incorrectly.
>
>We also have wind speeds, peak wind speed, and average wind speed
>over time. There is also some equipment used data and information on
>what birds and animals you're hearing at a particular time.
>
>I think we might have a direction of photo and maybe mic direction?
>Rob, are the Xs in the recording sonograph where two different
>recording were edited together? And what are the plot points that
>traverse across the graph. Also the S in the right hand side.
>
>Thanks Rob, for the uplift. It's nice to see someone thoughtfully
>present information in a visual form. So many people don't bother,
>and I just wanted you to know that some people notice and appreciate
>it. It made my day today.
>
>Eric Schmidt
>Fremont, OH
Hi Eric--
Thanks for the kind remarks. Nice to hear from you. Maybe you can
make it up for the recordist campout next year?
A number of field recordist are exploring ways to incorporate
additional context using visuals. Martyn Stewart has some interactive
Flash movies you might want to take a look at,
http://www.naturesound.org/Welcome.html (may have to hunt around a
bit on his site).
Its become much easier to photograph in the field with digital
cameras and there's a wealth of weather and mapping resources on
line. Some of the weather stations in the MesoWest network have
attractive graphics options, http://tinyurl.com/2dxvuzq I used the
"large" chart option for the wind vector (pull-down menu at top).
One can access data for past dates as well. Here are all the
networks in Ohio:
http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=3DOH&rawsflag=3D3
I took a screenshot of the sound file's waveform and added at the
bottom; yes, the red "X's" are digital cross-fades between the
excerpts. I like your idea of coding in the mic locations in the
still image somehow,.. I've been using Google maps on the side for
this but one could create hot spots in QuickTime movies to open links
if there looks like there's a lot of interest. The "S" on the side
is for "South," associated with the oblong markers showing the wind
direction varying between the South and Southwest. I could have
included other weather statistics but the wind had such a huge impact
on everything that weekend. The only time we heard long distance
callers was during the Sat evening evening "dip." I was surprised to
see other calls synchronize with shorter periods of lower wind
velocity. I suppose I considered the wind because I've been I've able
to observe background sound level affects on long distance
communications with my permanent rigs at home.
Inserting the graphic still frame into the sound recording using
QuickTime is very easy and adds very little to the file size. I wish
the movies didn't take so long to load, display and play. Recent
changes to QuickTime may have slowed down the streaming performance.
I should probably insert the still graphic into the page with the
play bar correctly sized underneath so the graphic would appear
quickly. The image data would not be embedded with the audio media,
but I think there's a way to disable the "video" and still include it
in a download option without doubling the server space. Rob D.
=3D =3D =3D
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