This is great. I’m all for it.
To reveal my enthusiasm I am going to throw out some timelines, ideas, and numbers here to keep your creative juices flowing. Feel free to disagree and quibble.
Creating a core team of 3-6 people. Putting in place a methodology and data collection plan. 500 hours.
Visiting all 10 locations with team plus tech crew and equipment. 1 week of work at each location. Cost: $80,000 − 120,000
Editing and post-production: 500 hours.
additional costs: various salaries contracts. Total: $100,000???
Do it twice.
I think I’d definitely want enough data for a basic VR “take a walk in this area” product (for if such things ever become ‘a thing’). I’d also scan the area, assuming permission like an archaeological site to make 3-d reconstructions of it simple. Collecting information on professions and income would also be helpful in the ten year comparison.
Hey mate, thank you kindly for the comment. With a budget of $100k, you could certainly do a lot. The team at Gapminder put together a data collection package for their Dollar Street project, which is an excellent basic starting point. A few interesting developments from the last post, 1. I submitted an O’Shaughnessy Fellowship application to dedicate a year to progress studies, and 2. I was offered a possible opportunity by a friend and coworker to receive some ground support via himself and his family in Rwanda, possibly in June of 2023, opening a window to secure block 1⁄10 or run a pilot block 0⁄10 test.
Some of the data collection points I had in mind were,
Ground photos of buildings, homes, infrastructure, etc.
Aerial photos, likely using a DJI Mavic 3 (I’m a certified drone pilot, amongst other things)
Census survey data, building off the Gapminder concept
Possibly satellite mapping if one of the major providers would be willing to donate some data.
VR capture would be excellent, but I have no established skill base with this technology.
In post-production, the census, drone, and satellite data could be used to calculate increases in structure density, etc. I already tested this for the Rwanda block and found that structure density doubled while the quality, particularly for roofing materials, increased dramatically.
Happy to keep bouncing ideas; it’s a great project that’s worth, if nothing else, continuing to talk about.
This is great. I’m all for it. To reveal my enthusiasm I am going to throw out some timelines, ideas, and numbers here to keep your creative juices flowing. Feel free to disagree and quibble.
Creating a core team of 3-6 people. Putting in place a methodology and data collection plan. 500 hours.
Visiting all 10 locations with team plus tech crew and equipment. 1 week of work at each location. Cost: $80,000 − 120,000
Editing and post-production: 500 hours.
additional costs: various salaries contracts. Total: $100,000???
Do it twice.
I think I’d definitely want enough data for a basic VR “take a walk in this area” product (for if such things ever become ‘a thing’). I’d also scan the area, assuming permission like an archaeological site to make 3-d reconstructions of it simple. Collecting information on professions and income would also be helpful in the ten year comparison.
Some random thoughts.
Hey mate, thank you kindly for the comment. With a budget of $100k, you could certainly do a lot. The team at Gapminder put together a data collection package for their Dollar Street project, which is an excellent basic starting point. A few interesting developments from the last post, 1. I submitted an O’Shaughnessy Fellowship application to dedicate a year to progress studies, and 2. I was offered a possible opportunity by a friend and coworker to receive some ground support via himself and his family in Rwanda, possibly in June of 2023, opening a window to secure block 1⁄10 or run a pilot block 0⁄10 test.
Some of the data collection points I had in mind were,
Ground photos of buildings, homes, infrastructure, etc.
Aerial photos, likely using a DJI Mavic 3 (I’m a certified drone pilot, amongst other things)
Census survey data, building off the Gapminder concept
Possibly satellite mapping if one of the major providers would be willing to donate some data.
VR capture would be excellent, but I have no established skill base with this technology.
In post-production, the census, drone, and satellite data could be used to calculate increases in structure density, etc. I already tested this for the Rwanda block and found that structure density doubled while the quality, particularly for roofing materials, increased dramatically.
Happy to keep bouncing ideas; it’s a great project that’s worth, if nothing else, continuing to talk about.