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In September of 2005 I came across unclassified dossiers from the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s | In September of 2005 I came across unclassified dossiers from the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s | ||
held for captives held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the | held for captives held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. | ||
On [[March 3]] [[2006]], in response to a [[court order]], the [[Department of Defense]] released 60 large [[portable document format]] files containing several hundred transcripts from the CSR Tribunals, I set myself the goal of reading through them. | On [[March 3]] [[2006]], in response to a [[court order]], the [[Department of Defense]] released 60 large [[portable document format]] files containing several hundred transcripts from the CSR Tribunals, I set myself the goal of reading through them. | ||
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I have created [[User:George Swan/my maps|one hundred or so maps]], all using [http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/ a free online map-making tool] Other people make much better maps than mine. I'd be happy to get pointers. But for freely distributable maps that can be created very easily, this tool can't be beat. | I have created [[User:George Swan/my maps|one hundred or so maps]], all using [http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/ a free online map-making tool] Other people make much better maps than mine. I'd be happy to get pointers. But for freely distributable maps that can be created very easily, this tool can't be beat. | ||
I'll help others create similar crude maps, and I'll consider requests to create maps. | <s>I'll help others create similar crude maps, and I'll consider requests to create maps.</s><br> | ||
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:''That wonderful online tool went dark unexpectedly. Wow, if I had anticipated this I would have rushed to complete a couple of hundred maps. Darn. | |||
:''The underlying tools that the online tool used are available in a package that can be downloaded. Those underlying tools are command line driven, not menu-driven, and seem to require a very considerable effort to learn how to use. A small handful of talented people seem to have figured out how to create some exceptional maps using those tools however. [[User:George Swan|George Swan]] 20:04, 24 May 2013 (UTC) | |||
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Image:Aerial view of Dudinka.jpg|Image:Aerial view of Dudinka.jpg | Image:Aerial view of Dudinka.jpg|Image:Aerial view of Dudinka.jpg | ||
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====All images I have uploaded, chronologically==== | |||
All images I have uploaded, chronologically: | |||
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File:Ithaca, aground near Churchill.JPG|File:Ithaca, aground near Churchill.JPG | |||
File:John Allen Midgett was recognized by the UK government for saving UK seamen in 1918.jpg|File:John Allen Midgett was recognized by the UK government for saving UK seamen in 1918.jpg | |||
File:St Joseph has a Coast Guard station built on the site of this Lifesaving Service station from 1874.jpg|File:St Joseph has a Coast Guard station built on the site of this Lifesaving Service station from 1874.jpg | |||
File:Julian Assange.jpg|File:Julian Assange.jpg | |||
File:Cruise ship and lake freighter, eastern gap, toronto -a.jpg|File:Cruise ship and lake freighter, eastern gap, toronto -a.jpg | |||
File:USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook, 2011 -a.png|File:USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook, 2011 -a.png | |||
File:HMCS Summerside, USCGC Willow, HDMS Hvidbjoernen during Operation Nanook 2011.jpg|File:HMCS Summerside, USCGC Willow, HDMS Hvidbjoernen during Operation Nanook 2011.jpg | |||
File:HMCS Summerside and USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook 2011.jpg|File:HMCS Summerside and USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook 2011.jpg | |||
File:A 'man overboard' drill on the USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook 2011.jpg|File:A 'man overboard' drill on the USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook 2011.jpg | |||
File:USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook 2011 -a.jpg|File:USCGC Willow during Operation Nanook 2011 -a.jpg | |||
File:HMCS Goose Bay moored at the future site of the Nanisivik Naval Facility, during Operation Nanook, 2010-08-20.jpg|File:HMCS Goose Bay moored at the future site of the Nanisivik Naval Facility, during Operation Nanook, 2010-08-20.jpg | |||
File:Orthographic projection centered over the Baffinland Iron Mine.png|File:Orthographic projection centered over the Baffinland Iron Mine.png | |||
File:Lake freighter Quebecois, moored at the Toronto portlands -b.jpg|File:Lake freighter Quebecois, moored at the Toronto portlands -b.jpg | |||
File:Lake freighter Quebecois, moored at the Toronto portlands -a.jpg|File:Lake freighter Quebecois, moored at the Toronto portlands -a.jpg | |||
File:Atule in 1946 during arctic studies.jpg|File:Atule in 1946 during arctic studies.jpg | |||
File:Royal Danish Naval Vessel Knut Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010.jpg|File:Royal Danish Naval Vessel Knut Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010.jpg | |||
File:One pounder gun on the USS De Kalb, 1918.jpg|File:One pounder gun on the USS De Kalb, 1918.jpg | |||
File:USS Brooklyn bombards shore positions druing the Anzio invasion.jpg|File:USS Brooklyn bombards shore positions druing the Anzio invasion.jpg | |||
File:Pilothouse of the USS Brooklyn, 1938-01.jpg|File:Pilothouse of the USS Brooklyn, 1938-01.jpg | |||
File:Enlisted crewman's storage locker, USS Brooklyn.jpg|File:Enlisted crewman's storage locker, USS Brooklyn.jpg | |||
File:Chief Petty Officer's Mess, USS Brooklyn.jpg|File:Chief Petty Officer's Mess, USS Brooklyn.jpg | |||
File:Off duty sailors relax in 1938.jpg|File:Off duty sailors relax in 1938.jpg | |||
File:Supply officer's stateroom, USS Brooklyn.jpg|File:Supply officer's stateroom, USS Brooklyn.jpg | |||
File:M-14 rifle.jpg|File:M-14 rifle.jpg | |||
File:Beretta model 92FS double action pistol.jpg|File:Beretta model 92FS double action pistol.jpg | |||
File:Browining 1911A1 pistol -a.jpg|File:Browining 1911A1 pistol -a.jpg | |||
File:John M Browning and a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR).jpg|File:John M Browning and a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR).jpg | |||
File:Dual mounted Browning MG and 81mm Mortar, during the War in Vietnam -b.jpg|File:Dual mounted Browning MG and 81mm Mortar, during the War in Vietnam -b.jpg | |||
File:Dual mounted Browning MG and 81mm Mortar, during the War in Vietnam -a.jpg|File:Dual mounted Browning MG and 81mm Mortar, during the War in Vietnam -a.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Engineer Squad Vehicle.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Engineer Squad Vehicle.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Anti-tank-Guided-Missle.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Anti-tank-Guided-Missle.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Medical-Evacuation-Vehicle.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Medical-Evacuation-Vehicle.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Reconnaissance-Vehicle.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Reconnaissance-Vehicle.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade mobile-gun-system.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade mobile-gun-system.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade NBC-Reconnaissance.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade NBC-Reconnaissance.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Commander's-Vehicle.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Commander's-Vehicle.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Fire-Support-Vehicle.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Fire-Support-Vehicle.jpg | |||
File:Stryker Brigade Mortar-Carrier.jpg|File:Stryker Brigade Mortar-Carrier.jpg | |||
File:Watercooled M2 Browning heavy machine gun on the USS Wyoming (AG-17) in 1941.jpg|File:Watercooled M2 Browning heavy machine gun on the USS Wyoming (AG-17) in 1941.jpg | |||
File:5 inch anti aircraft gun on the USS Astoria (CA-34) in 1942.jpg|File:5 inch anti aircraft gun on the USS Astoria (CA-34) in 1942.jpg | |||
File:Unidentified Point Class 82-foot Coast Guard cutter underway, circa 1991.jpg|File:Unidentified Point Class 82-foot Coast Guard cutter underway, circa 1991.jpg | |||
File:USCGC Point Steele 1968 1 sm.jpg|File:USCGC Point Steele 1968 1 sm.jpg | |||
File:USCGC Point Highland 1965 1.jpg|File:USCGC Point Highland 1965 1.jpg | |||
File:USCGC Point Harris 1.jpg|File:USCGC Point Harris 1.jpg | |||
File:Updated deepwater poster, circa 2006.jpg|File:Updated deepwater poster, circa 2006.jpg | |||
File:The Lady B, formerly the USCGC Point Brown, in NYC -b.jpg|File:The Lady B, formerly the USCGC Point Brown, in NYC -b.jpg | |||
File:USCGC Diamondback, a Marine Protector cutter.jpg|File:USCGC Diamondback, a Marine Protector cutter.jpg | |||
File:The USCG's Richard Etheridge, under construction.jpg|File:The USCG's Richard Etheridge, under construction.jpg | |||
File:Drawing of a sentinel class cutter using her stern launch ramp -a.jpg|File:Drawing of a sentinel class cutter using her stern launch ramp -a.jpg | |||
File:Drawing of a sentinel class cutter using her stern launch ramp -b.jpg|File:Drawing of a sentinel class cutter using her stern launch ramp -b.jpg | |||
File:USRC Louisiana (1819-1824).jpg|File:USRC Louisiana (1819-1824).jpg | |||
File:30 caliber MG on a patrol boat.jpg|File:30 caliber MG on a patrol boat.jpg | |||
File:XM153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station mounting an M2 machine gun and a variety of sensors.jpg|File:XM153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station mounting an M2 machine gun and a variety of sensors.jpg | |||
File:Coast Guard sailor points 50 caliber MG -- Guantanamo.JPG|File:Coast Guard sailor points 50 caliber MG -- Guantanamo.JPG | |||
File:The door to a Sentinel class cutter's stern launching ramp.jpg|File:The door to a Sentinel class cutter's stern launching ramp.jpg | |||
File:Proposed modification to the Damen Stan patrol vessel for the USCG.jpg|File:Proposed modification to the Damen Stan patrol vessel for the USCG.jpg | |||
File:US Revenue Cutter Windom at Houston Ship Channel.jpg|File:US Revenue Cutter Windom at Houston Ship Channel.jpg | |||
File:Revenue Cutter Tuscarora.jpg|File:Revenue Cutter Tuscarora.jpg | |||
File:Revenue Cutter Service cadets aboard their training vessel Itasco.jpg|File:Revenue Cutter Service cadets aboard their training vessel Itasco.jpg | |||
File:Cadets drill on the parade ground at the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction, Fort Trumbull.jpg|File:Cadets drill on the parade ground at the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction, Fort Trumbull.jpg | |||
File:Dredging off Duluth -a.jpg|File:Dredging off Duluth -a.jpg | |||
File:Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada.png|File:Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada.png | |||
File:Port Elgin, Lake Huron, Georgian Bay.jpg|File:Port Elgin, Lake Huron, Georgian Bay.jpg | |||
File:Novy Port and Dikson -- Russian Arctic ports on the Kara Sea.png|File:Novy Port and Dikson -- Russian Arctic ports on the Kara Sea.png | |||
File:Cities of Tierra del Fuego.png|File:Cities of Tierra del Fuego.png | |||
File:Baffinland Iron Mine.png|File:Baffinland Iron Mine.png | |||
File:CFAV Firebrand, a fireboat in Halifax.jpg|File:CFAV Firebrand, a fireboat in Halifax.jpg | |||
File:Canadian Forces fireboat in Halifax.jpg|File:Canadian Forces fireboat in Halifax.jpg | |||
File:19th century estimate of the boundaries of Lake Iroquois.jpg|File:19th century estimate of the boundaries of Lake Iroquois.jpg | |||
File:Niagara falls, LOC.jpg|File:Niagara falls, LOC.jpg | |||
File:Alwac III computer, 1959.jpg|File:Alwac III computer, 1959.jpg | |||
File:Looking for hanging chad, 2000 Presidential election.jpg|File:Looking for hanging chad, 2000 Presidential election.jpg | |||
File:NOAA punch cards.jpg|File:NOAA punch cards.jpg | |||
File:Deep-water ports on North America's west coast, connected to the rail grid.png|File:Deep-water ports on North America's west coast, connected to the rail grid.png | |||
File:Loading a container ship.jpg|File:Loading a container ship.jpg | |||
File:CCGS Gordon Reid moored at Prince Rupert.jpg|File:CCGS Gordon Reid moored at Prince Rupert.jpg | |||
File:Gordon Reid and seaplane moored at Prince Rupert.jpg|File:Gordon Reid and seaplane moored at Prince Rupert.jpg | |||
File:The Syun Akasfu International Arctic Research Center.jpg|File:The Syun Akasfu International Arctic Research Center.jpg | |||
File:Steamship Nenana.jpg|File:Steamship Nenana.jpg | |||
File:Ferry from Haines AK to Prince Rupert BCjg.jpg|File:Ferry from Haines AK to Prince Rupert BCjg.jpg | |||
File:Alaska-Yukon border.jpg|File:Alaska-Yukon border.jpg | |||
File:Bear cache.jpg|File:Bear cache.jpg | |||
File:Prince Rupert harbour 1.jpg|File:Prince Rupert harbour 1.jpg | |||
File:Terminal, Prince Rupert.jpg|File:Terminal, Prince Rupert.jpg | |||
File:Kingston class vessels in Prince Rupert.jpg|File:Kingston class vessels in Prince Rupert.jpg | |||
File:Doug Engelbart.png|File:Doug Engelbart.png | |||
File:Prince Rupert harbour 3.jpg|File:Prince Rupert harbour 3.jpg | |||
File:Prince-rupert-grain-terminal.jpg|File:Prince-rupert-grain-terminal.jpg | |||
File:Freighter in Prince Rupert Harbour.jpg|File:Freighter in Prince Rupert Harbour.jpg | |||
File:Rhapsody of the Seas in Prince Rupert.jpg|File:Rhapsody of the Seas in Prince Rupert.jpg | |||
File:Rainbow in Prince Rupert Harbour.jpg|File:Rainbow in Prince Rupert Harbour.jpg | |||
File:Prince Rupert harbour 2.jpg|File:Prince Rupert harbour 2.jpg | |||
File:Downtown Prince Rupert.jpg|File:Downtown Prince Rupert.jpg | |||
File:Orthographic projection centred over Prince Rupert.png|File:Orthographic projection centred over Prince Rupert.png | |||
File:BC Coast.png|File:BC Coast.png | |||
File:Orthographic projection centred over Tashkent, Uzbekistan.png|File:Orthographic projection centred over Tashkent, Uzbekistan.png | |||
File:CIA Kyrgyzstan map.gif|File:CIA Kyrgyzstan map.gif | |||
File:Orthographic projection centred over Bishkek Kyrgyzstan.png|File:Orthographic projection centred over Bishkek Kyrgyzstan.png | |||
File:Orthographic projection centred over Astana Kazakhstan.png|File:Orthographic projection centred over Astana Kazakhstan.png | |||
File:Orthographic projection centred over Jordan.png|File:Orthographic projection centred over Jordan.png | |||
File:CIA Jordan map.gif|File:CIA Jordan map.gif | |||
File:CIA Kazakhstan map.gif|File:CIA Kazakhstan map.gif | |||
File:NWFP FATA.png|File:NWFP FATA.png | |||
File:CIA factbook map of Uzbekistan.gif|File:CIA factbook map of Uzbekistan.gif | |||
File:CIA factbook map of Tajikistan.gif|File:CIA factbook map of Tajikistan.gif | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 9.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 9.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 7.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 7.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 6.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 6.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 11.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 11.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 10.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 10.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 8.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 8.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 4.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 4.png | |||
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File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 3.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 3.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 2.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 2.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 12.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 12.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 1.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 transcript Pg 1.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 memo Pg 2.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 memo Pg 2.png | |||
File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 memo Pg 1.png|File:ISN 320 CSRT 2004 memo Pg 1.png | |||
File:Barge carrying shipping containers.jpg|File:Barge carrying shipping containers.jpg | |||
File:Delaware river watershed.gif|File:Delaware river watershed.gif | |||
File:Erie PA on Lake Erie 1.png|File:Erie PA on Lake Erie 1.png | |||
File:Container ship in Harwich.jpg|File:Container ship in Harwich.jpg | |||
File:Container ship sunshine spirit.jpg|File:Container ship sunshine spirit.jpg | |||
File:Shipping containers at clyde.jpg|File:Shipping containers at clyde.jpg | |||
File:Large colorful container ship.jpg|File:Large colorful container ship.jpg | |||
File:Train station, Yukon, Oklahoma.jpg|File:Train station, Yukon, Oklahoma.jpg | |||
File:Bikes outside Central train station, Uppsala, Sweden.jpg|File:Bikes outside Central train station, Uppsala, Sweden.jpg | |||
File:London blackfriars railway station.jpg|File:London blackfriars railway station.jpg | |||
File:Busy Tokyo railway station.jpg|File:Busy Tokyo railway station.jpg | |||
File:Platforms Lviv railway station.jpg|File:Platforms Lviv railway station.jpg | |||
File:Repurposed railway station, Wakefield, Quebec.jpg|File:Repurposed railway station, Wakefield, Quebec.jpg | |||
File:Yellow caboose.jpg|File:Yellow caboose.jpg | |||
File:Military vehicles mounted on railway rail cars.jpg|File:Military vehicles mounted on railway rail cars.jpg | |||
File:Abandoned coal hopper cars.jpg|File:Abandoned coal hopper cars.jpg | |||
File:Intermodal shipping containers on a railway flat car.jpg|File:Intermodal shipping containers on a railway flat car.jpg | |||
File:Hopper cars in a railyard.jpg|File:Hopper cars in a railyard.jpg | |||
File:Skol hopper car.jpg|File:Skol hopper car.jpg | |||
File:GP 10 diesel-electric locomotive.jpg|File:GP 10 diesel-electric locomotive.jpg | |||
File:Deisel-electric locomotive 566.jpg|File:Deisel-electric locomotive 566.jpg | |||
File:Alaska Railroad Locomotive.jpg|File:Alaska Railroad Locomotive.jpg | |||
File:Steam locomotive.jpg|File:Steam locomotive.jpg | |||
File:Canadian passenger rail cars 2.jpg|File:Canadian passenger rail cars 2.jpg | |||
File:Canadian passenger rail cars.jpg|File:Canadian passenger rail cars.jpg | |||
File:Port Angeles container port facilities.jpg|File:Port Angeles container port facilities.jpg | |||
File:X-Ray truck examines shipping container.jpg|File:X-Ray truck examines shipping container.jpg | |||
File:GI loads a shipping container.jpg|File:GI loads a shipping container.jpg | |||
File:USMC Quad Refrigerated Container System.jpg|File:USMC Quad Refrigerated Container System.jpg | |||
File:Rough-terrain container handler.gif|File:Rough-terrain container handler.gif | |||
File:Shipping container being loaded on a USAF cargo plane.jpg|File:Shipping container being loaded on a USAF cargo plane.jpg | |||
File:USNS ro-ro vessels.jpg|File:USNS ro-ro vessels.jpg | |||
File:US Navy container.jpg|File:US Navy container.jpg | |||
File:Intermodal container facility at Seagirt, Baltimore.jpg|File:Intermodal container facility at Seagirt, Baltimore.jpg | |||
File:Movable container crane.jpg|File:Movable container crane.jpg | |||
File:Truck and shipping container leaving Plum Brook Reactor.jpg|File:Truck and shipping container leaving Plum Brook Reactor.jpg | |||
File:NASA transferring from box to intermodal.jpg|File:NASA transferring from box to intermodal.jpg | |||
File:Diagram of truck loaded with paper rolls.jpg|File:Diagram of truck loaded with paper rolls.jpg | |||
File:18 wheel transport truck loaded with rolls of paper.jpg|File:18 wheel transport truck loaded with rolls of paper.jpg | |||
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File:Stages of development of red imported fire ant.jpg|File:Stages of development of red imported fire ant.jpg | |||
File:Red imported fire ant pupa.jpg|File:Red imported fire ant pupa.jpg | |||
File:Red imported fire ant abdomen.jpg|File:Red imported fire ant abdomen.jpg | |||
File:Red Imported Fire Ant Mound in Mississippi pasture.jpg|File:Red Imported Fire Ant Mound in Mississippi pasture.jpg | |||
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File:How Dilawar -- Bagram captive 421, was hung, prior to his death in custody.jpg|File:How Dilawar -- Bagram captive 421, was hung, prior to his death in custody.jpg | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:08, 5 July 2024
Bio
personal
Among my interests are the history of science, nautical history, and social justice. In recent years I have been writing about the implications of the "global war on terror".
Project Xanadu
I was a student in an experimental program at the University of Waterloo in 1979. During this time I met Ted Nelson, when he was on a speaking tour, and volunteer to be an intern on his Project Xanadu. I will be writing more about my experiences there on TI:George Swan. It was an experience that shaped my ideas on how hypertexts, like the Citizendium, should be organized.
Unfinished degree
I did not complete that degree.
Work as a computer programmer
Most of my work, since then, has been in the fields of computer programming, or computer training.
Wiki work
In September of 2005 I came across unclassified dossiers from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals held for captives held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
On March 3 2006, in response to a court order, the Department of Defense released 60 large portable document format files containing several hundred transcripts from the CSR Tribunals, I set myself the goal of reading through them. Since then the DoD has released an additional 10,000 or so pages of documents. I plan to read them all.
Writing about this material, on a project like the Citizendium, can be difficult, because authors have to keep from inserting their own conclusions and interpretations. So, I try to make more of an effort to maintain neutrality.
I think anyone who has a concern that I have lapsed from neutrality will be satisfied that I take their concern seriously. I'll ask only that you be specific. George Swan 17:15, 18 October 2007 (CDT)
Work
The rest of this page will point at my rough work, and the tools I use.
Public Domain and free images I have uploaded
Maps
I have created one hundred or so maps, all using a free online map-making tool Other people make much better maps than mine. I'd be happy to get pointers. But for freely distributable maps that can be created very easily, this tool can't be beat.
I'll help others create similar crude maps, and I'll consider requests to create maps.
- That wonderful online tool went dark unexpectedly. Wow, if I had anticipated this I would have rushed to complete a couple of hundred maps. Darn.
- The underlying tools that the online tool used are available in a package that can be downloaded. Those underlying tools are command line driven, not menu-driven, and seem to require a very considerable effort to learn how to use. A small handful of talented people seem to have figured out how to create some exceptional maps using those tools however. George Swan 20:04, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Images from US Federal agencies
The work of employees of US Federal agencies, in performance of their duties, is in the public domain. One can find cool images there if one does a google image search confined to the ".mil" or ".gov". Not all images this turns up will be public domain. Some State agencies are also under the .gov domain. Photos may be the product of an employee of a firm which works, on contract, for the US Federal government. Those aren't PD. And neither, of course, are images that have a credit to a third party.
- Administrative Review Board hearing room - Guantanamo.jpg
Image:Administrative Review Board hearing room - Guantanamo.jpg
- Mage:RV Ron Brown Z drive 1.jpg
mage:RV Ron Brown Z drive 1.jpg
- ====All images I have uploaded, chronologically====
- All images I have uploaded, chronologically: