MP3s of KQED Forum's Crowd Estimation Program

Lisa Rein's MP3s of KQED Forum's Crowd Estimation Program

Show: Friday, January 24, 2003 -- 9:00 am (Published Monday, February 3, 2003)

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Crowd Estimates: This Forum discusses the science, technology and politics of crowd estimation.

This radio broadcasts explains everything you ever wanted to know about crowd estimation and solves many of the myth's about it.

Hear, straight from the sources (the cops, computer crowd estimation experts, historians), how there is no such thing as an "official count" and how everyone is in basic agreement on the count of the January 18, 2003 protest in San Francisco (150,000-200,000), learn about the latest in computer-oriented crowd estimation techniques, and discover how the methods for determining their size and scope of peaceful demonstrations have evolved over the last century.

The situation surrounding the Million Man March is also discussed in detail. Really neat stuff!

Media cycle: Radio/Cassette Tape/Video Camera/Computer

Host: Angie Coiro

Guests:
Dr. Farouk el Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University

David Brunelle, Public Affairs Officer for Capital Protection

Lucy Barber, Archivist at the California State Archives and author of "Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition"

Gregory Suhr, Deputy Chief of the San Francisco Police Department

MP3s Of Show In Various Qualities and File Sizes

I am making this broadcast available as one large file, two smaller files, or in three parts. I also have high resolution and low resolution versions of each. Enjoy!

All files are MP3s.