(from one of Kirk's concerned and very helpful neighbors, thanks!)
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Perhaps those of us on Facebook and Instagram (or with children using these sites) can help in the search effort by scanning these sites for photos and videos where Nancy may be in the background. This could help narrow the search because many photos on these sites are tagged by location and date.
Just now, for example, on the Nancy is Missing blog, there was a tip that a woman was spotted sleeping on a bench on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. We immediately searched some of the tag locations in that area and started looking through posted photos and videos on Instagram, in many of which you can see people on the benches along the promenade.
How to help: Enter the location, store, park or other landmark in the search bar of Instagram and click on the "Places" tab to pull up the photos taken at that location. On Facebook, you can search for “Photos taken at Third Street Promenade” or “Photos taken at LACMA” for example. For any search area, there are many tags that may have been used, so look out for popular stores or landmarks in the area, or a broader search, e.g. “Downtown Santa Monica”.
Then comb through the photos and videos that have been geotagged most recently/today.
Scan for scenic or crowd shots, which might offer the best chance of a sighting of Nancy in the background. Watch the videos to look for Nancy walking in the background or seated on a bench.
This is likely something that the police (or others) are already doing, but even so, the more people trying to find her, the better. Any time there is a tip posted, we can all search that location on social media and scan for Nancy in the background of other people’s photos. Additionally, you can do a location search for areas near LACMA in case she has stayed close to the museum. Hopefully this is something that we, the village, can help with, to ensure that we are leaving no stone unturned.
Nancy's Remains Found. Nancy's partial skeletal remains have been identified. She passed in difficult terrain prior to March 11, 2017.
I also monitor Periscope for any sightings. A lot of times there scopes of people driving around the area or hanging around LACMA. People walking around or sitting outside of restaurants. On the weekend it picks up especially and there is a lot of footage around events. The app is available on all app stores for free and easy to use. Click the globe icon and zoom in on the map. Red circles are of live scopes, blue are older ones. They expire so you have to keep up with them.
ReplyDeleteCorne..if you are scanning footage and you may have a candidate, how would you 'save' it ?
DeleteWendy, most broadcasts are saved. You can replay a broadcast (make sure to follow the broadcaster while you are in the "cast") and fast forward to where the image is located in the broadcast. You can then screen shot the image once it appears to the save the pic on your phone.
DeleteAlso, you can screenshot while you are in a live broadcast if you can react that quickly.
DeleteThis is a great idea! To add to the periscope theme, people could also research any available webcams. An example is the Hollywood webcam (you can zoom in to get a decent look at the people walking down the street.) http://www.earthcam.com/usa/california/losangeles/hollywoodblvd/?cam=hollywoodblvd
ReplyDeleteI posted this to my fb and Twitter - hope this might help in some way.
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