International Utility Locate Rodeo
Aug. 17th, 2015 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogAn article about the "Annual International Utility Locate Rodeo." People from all over the world compete to be the best at locating underground infrastructure. I love that this event exists!
http://www.citylab.com/tech/2015/08/how-to-see-invisible-infrastructure/401429/?utm_source=SFTwitter
From the article:
"Ever since I started looking for visible signs of infrastructure, I’ve heard people tell me that it’s invisible. “Invisible” is a word that people use to describe things—cables, networks, systems, people—when they don’t want to admit they are still learning how to see. It is a word that suggests subterfuge where there might be only incompetence, a master plan where there may only be a missing or outdated map. Locators see this system for what it is: fragmented, full of lost and abandoned histories, and, while very hard to see, impossible to ignore and forgotten at great cost."
http://www.citylab.com/tech/2015/08/how-to-see-invisible-infrastructure/401429/?utm_source=SFTwitter
From the article:
"Ever since I started looking for visible signs of infrastructure, I’ve heard people tell me that it’s invisible. “Invisible” is a word that people use to describe things—cables, networks, systems, people—when they don’t want to admit they are still learning how to see. It is a word that suggests subterfuge where there might be only incompetence, a master plan where there may only be a missing or outdated map. Locators see this system for what it is: fragmented, full of lost and abandoned histories, and, while very hard to see, impossible to ignore and forgotten at great cost."
