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From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 26 Jul 2006 20:24 Le 26/07/2006, Mxsmanic a suppos : > Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > >> 1/ Is submetre precision available on Google Earth (as this was the >> subject of your discussion) ? > > I don't use Google Earth, but Google Maps goes down to one metre in > many locations. > >> 2/ Have you lokked upon small French towns (or not so small ones) on >> Google Earth and Goportail. > > Yes. The resolution varies, depending on what they have on file. That's true for Google Earth, not for Goportail, which has equal resolution troughout France, which is handy for those who don't live in Paris. Besides, the cartography associated with Gportail is quite superior to Google's (but that's understandable). >> and one remark : I strongly doubt that ultra-high resolution Google >> pics are satellite ones. > > Why? I looked up Paris on ultra-high resolution Google, and the images are provided by a company called GeoInformationGroup, which states itself on its website that high-res imagery are aerial photography. -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 26 Jul 2006 20:24 Mxsmanic vient de nous annoncer : > barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > >> How do you define 'free' in this context? > > Allowed to publish anything. And how is the introduction of free newspapers a good step towards greater freedom of publication ? -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 26 Jul 2006 20:25 Mxsmanic a exprim avec prcision : > Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> Is this commission influenced politically at all? > > To get a press card, you need to earn at least half your income from > journalism, or you need to be sponsored by a press agency. To earn > half your income from journalism, you need a press card. Thus, the > only practical way to get a press card is to work for a press agency > of significant size. And the largest press agency in France is AFP, > which is very heavily subsidized by the government. Are you starting > to get the picture? You conveniently forget about graduates from journalism schools who join newspapers (and that _does_ happen). -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 26 Jul 2006 20:27 Il se trouve que Mxsmanic a formul : > David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and > deansgate writes: > >> Yes, it shocks me too. Obviously, they need to adopt the US style of >> lame-arsed journalism. US journalists make the French ones seem like >> highly intelligent, probing, pit-bull terriers. I listen to NPR quite a >> bit, which you probably consider way too left. I had to turn it off- I'd >> not realised just how whacko right-wing US 'journalism' often is. > > It's better to hear a wide variety of opinions than to have all but > approved opinions censored. Variety is a consequence of freedom of > speech. You can have a good variety of opinion in France nevertheless, especially on the radio (less so on TV, but I guess that's just the same everywhere), and of course in the press. Do you read Le Canard Enchan ? It's the closest you'll get to a free newspaper (no advertising of any kind, for a start). -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 20:32
Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > The CCIJP is a trifle in comparison, and by the way, it's not necessary > to hold a press card to write in any newspaper ! A press card is often necessary to gain access to newsworthy venues, particularly all government venues and public demonstrations. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |