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From: Lawrence Woods <lmwoods@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:51:27 -0400 (EDT)
I grew up in Boston, and still live in its suburbs. Looking at 
Nathan Wajsman's pictures of Boston, I'm fascinated not only 
by the photos themselves, but also by his viewpoint - what he 
took pictures of - which in many cases includes things I walk 
by and never really notice.  

I recently ran across an interesting set of maps that analyzes 
who takes pictures where. It is called Locals and Tourists

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624209158632/

It separates Geotaggers' World Atlas (GTWA) pictures into ones  
taken by local people, and by visitors, and plots the two 
types on a map.  It's fascinating to see the patterns of core 
city versus neighborhoods outside the center in city after 
city.  

Boston is #14.   San Francisco is #3, and it's almost like the 
tourists and locals inhabit separate worlds.

     ----- Larry Woods

  



----- Larry Woods
      lmwoods@xxxxxxx
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