From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:22 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. > and one remark : I strongly doubt that ultra-high resolution Google > pics are satellite ones. Why? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:23 barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > How do you define 'free' in this context? Allowed to publish anything. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:24 barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > Quite - but I'm waiting for him to expand on this. There's a middle > ground between total press freedom and total state control of the media, > and virtually all countries fall into this. But I don't think Mixi likes > grey areas! Gray areas often conceal slippery slopes. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:24 Go Fig writes: > Do you think it appropriate that the government issues required 'press > credentials' ? In France, this is used for censorship. The United States has no government press credentials because it violates the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:26
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? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |