Correct me if I'm wrong but that's still the way Google Street View is updated in some of the more remote places, either ones that Google doesn't deign visiting or those inaccessible by its camera car.
Sort of. They do have a backpack that has a bevy of cameras that captures everything in certain intervals, but they only do this for popular tourist sites or areas around Google.
> "...A lot of the people in these photographs, we’ll never know their names... "
My hope with facial recognition technology - and in my opinion one of the very, very few acceptable/responsible uses of this tech. - is when descendants of these workers can pair their own family photos with these publicly-available photos to learn more about their own families, but also - if they so choose - to share the names of these anonymous workers with the world (to give them the credit that they so richly deserve for building our essential infrastructure).
> Also, is this a German flag (alongside the U.S. flag) at the top of a "Chop Suey" sign (lower-left section of the photo)?? If so, why a German flag???
Ah-ha, weird, after immediately seeing the flag, I went to Wikipedia...but on the Chinese flags page they didn't list the flag that you found...which does answer the mystery for me! Thanks!
It's hard for me to imagine New York City being so safe and relaxed about security that no one had a problem letting any old dude with a camera into underground construction sites to take pictures.
Also note not a hard-hat in sight. This is on the eve of modern attitudes towards workplace safety, which got a big boost from reporting on worker deaths associated with the Hoover Dam project.
17 comments
[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 14.3 ms ] threadYou can always use Firefox containers to maintain your privacy.
Sort of a Google Streets predecessor
Also, is this a German flag (alongside the U.S. flag) at the top of a "Chop Suey" sign (lower-left section of the photo)?? If so, why a German flag??? https://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/lg/73195/imag...
Finally...
> "...A lot of the people in these photographs, we’ll never know their names... "
My hope with facial recognition technology - and in my opinion one of the very, very few acceptable/responsible uses of this tech. - is when descendants of these workers can pair their own family photos with these publicly-available photos to learn more about their own families, but also - if they so choose - to share the names of these anonymous workers with the world (to give them the credit that they so richly deserve for building our essential infrastructure).
Maybe it's a Dutch flag: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Netherlands#/med...
New York was originally Dutch, and before being called New York, it was part of what was called New Amsterdam: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Races_Under_One_Union
They should put all these photos on-line.