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Re: Recreation.gov

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Post by kpennell »

mceoin wrote: post #48

So excited to see this on Hacker News! Brief Shoutout for anyone who would like to see a better online experience for our National Parks System: 1. write into rec.gov asking for a booking API! 2. join accessland.org 3. build apps using Rec.gov's availability API (disclaimer: I'm involved with accessland.org)

Can you elaborate? You want us to help you build apps or get them to make an API or?

Re: Recreation.gov

#82

Post by kpennell »

throwaway5752 wrote: post #8

Recreation.gov has been around for years and it doesn't seem to have been updated substantially recently. It's a great resource and I hope people use it to visit US wildlife areas, but I am curious why it has been submitted.

has the site not been updated at all?

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#83

Post by kpennell »

baddox wrote: post #79
habosa wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously. I hate that visiting a national park now involves the same sort of online shenanigans as getting a popular concert ticket. That's not the vibe that should be associated with our parks system. Anyone botting the site should feel ashamed.

What shenanigans? The popular spots really are popular, which is why nearly everything will be booked to most interested visitors. Are you just suggesting that there shouldn’t be online reservations at all?

I think people are using bots to grab the spots as soon as they become available

Re: Recreation.gov

#84

Post by droidno9 »

Front and center of any website to outdoor activities should include some education about Leave No Trace (https://lnt.org/). It's an absolutely laudable effort to get more people outdoors. However, people new to the outdoors aren't very cognizant of the kind of footprint they leave behind, not to mention the *holes who intentionally throw trash at public parks like they're in their own backyards. For the former type, educational efforts should be enough to get them to pick up after themselves. For the latter, hopefully seeing more people speaking out about LNT would make them think twice about throwing trash around.

Re: Recreation.gov

#85

Post by skbohra123 »

johnchristopher wrote: post #65
skbohra123 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found it recently and thought it's a great resource for booking govt. recreational properties in US. I wish something like this exist for our country.

I work in the tourism industry and I try to stay up to date with other countries practices. What is your country ?

India

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#86

Post by bsimpson »

It pisses me off when I see "All rights reserved" on a federal government page. The copyright for publicly-funded works should reside with the public, free for use by all.

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#87

Post by jachee »

kortilla wrote: post #56
jachee wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like how the sibling comments all expect an abuser to reveal how to prevent their abuse. To paraphrase Sinclair: It is difficult to get a man to divulge how to prevent something, when his salary depends on his not preventing it.

That’s not a paraphrase of Sinclair. Sinclair’s saying is about people not understanding something that conflicts with their income. Refusing to give away a secret has absolutely no overlap with Sinclair’s saying.

I guess I should have said "adapt" or "inspired by" or "riffing on" or something to indicate to the literal-minded that I was merely copying Sinclair's phraseology, rather than his meaning.

I thought "paraphrase" was sufficient, but I appear to have misjudged.

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Post by solipsism »

bsimpson wrote: post #86

It pisses me off when I see "All rights reserved" on a federal government page. The copyright for publicly-funded works should reside with the public, free for use by all.

The US Government asserts a copyright to its works in other countries. It's only with respect to US federal law that government works are not copyrightable.

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Post by baddox »

kpennell wrote: post #83
baddox wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What shenanigans? The popular spots really are popular, which is why nearly everything will be booked to most interested visitors. Are you just suggesting that there shouldn’t be online reservations at all?

I think people are using bots to grab the spots as soon as they become available

Yes, and that’s definitely shady. But what are the shenanigans one must go through to reserve a campsite?
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