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Mon, 1 Nov 93 09:49:54 EST
Ardis Hanson(ADM) <[log in to unmask]>
Re: NSDI Chuckle for the Day (a cynic's response)
One thing that folks with radio receivers should realise is that the receivers
also transmit radio frequency. That means an elk well armed with an RF seeking
cruise missile could take out a bar full of 'hunters' with one shot.
Obviously, the elk need to be given informational and technological parity with
the hunters... a new area of service and delivery for librarians to consider,
cross-disciplinary and cross-species.
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> > With the advances in communications and Global Positioning System
> > technologies, the answer is yes, in the (not necessarily long term) future
you
> > could give them a map showing where the elk are. (Now, if we could only
> > figure out how to persuade the elk to put on their own transmitters....)
>
> Wow! The possibilities here are endless! Just imagine... no longer will the
> big game hunter have to actually venture out into the cold and the snow to
> actually try to find the elk! No longer the inconvenience of wandering around
> looking for tracks and trails, nor the danger of getting caught in a
> blizzard, or falling down a cliff! (Where will Reader's Digest get their
> "true life adventures from then?). Instead, the intrepid hunter will be able
> to sit with a portable receiver and track the elk to a convenient spot... or
> better still, there surely has to be a market for a sort of mini-Cruise
> missile, customised so that the hunter flies it via remote control from the
> comfort of his/her hunting shack (or the nearest bar!). ;-)
>
> Isn't it a bit like the ethical dilemma surrounding the creation of detailed
> maps of rare bird or plant populations: useful for the researcher, but with
> potential hazard for the actual biota if the data fall into the wrong hands?
> Or would the transmitters have built-in fuzziness and error, like the GPS
> does?
>
> Darius Bartlett
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Mon, 01 Nov 1993 09:42:00 -0500 (EST)
ALAN BRENNER 908-906-6830 <[log in to unmask]>
Re: NSDI Chuckle for the Day (a cynic's response)
Some groups that keep track of the location of rare/endagered
species do restrict its release. Here at EPA we're interested in
getting that kind of data to allow us to react to oil spills,
etc. to minimize impact to those species. But because of the
caution provoked by those hunter/poachers who might use publicly
available data to hunt those same species, we haven't been able
to get anything yet.
Alan Brenner
My thoughts may not reflect Agency policy, etc.......
U. S. Environmetal Protection Agency, Region II, ESD
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Tue, 2 NOV 93 11:02:13 GMT
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Re: NSDI Chuckle for the Day (a cynic's response)
>> With the advances in communications and Global Positioning System
>> technologies, the answer is yes, in the (not necessarily long term) future yo
u
>> could give them a map showing where the elk are. (Now, if we could only
>> figure out how to persuade the elk to put on their own transmitters....)
>Wow! The possibilities here are endless! (Bits hacked out)
(Bit about mini-Cruise...)
Thanks Darius, but let's have proper uses of technology, please ;-)
With virtual reality gear the hunter could...........
You know it's really bad when you see the posting "Where can I get an ELK GIF".
Then again in the original message there were references to both elk and polar
bears. Does the tracker get a thrill when one of the elk blips and one of the
bear blips are coincident?
Just as well the bears wear transmitters not receivers! :->
Sorry for the interruption - nominal service will resume forthwith.
Gavin Park.
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Tue, 2 Nov 1993 14:56 EST
GARY NEBEKER - SALT LAKE CITY ESIC <GNEBEKER@USGSRESV>
RE: NSDI Chuckle for the Day
In the USGS Earth Science Information Centers we get lot of hunter types
also. One aked me for recent infrared aerial photography for a mountainous area.
It seems he wanted it for locating deer herds by their heat signatures...
- Gary Nebeker
USGS-ESIC SLC,UT
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