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# Reading the site like a sensor array
- URL: https://matteson.ca/notes/reading-the-site-like-a-sensor-array/
- Published: 2026-04-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-10T03:34:16.000Z
- Description: Construction sites broadcast their state constantly — you just need to decide which signals are worth a receiver.
- Author: Matteson Machielse
- Tags: Spatial Imaging, #Import 2026-07-11 07:11, #Import 2026-07-15 05:50

A construction site broadcasts its state constantly: progress photos, GPS breadcrumbs, delivery manifests, the slow drift of laydown areas across the satellite view.

The visualization work is mostly deciding which of those signals deserve a receiver. Point a camera at everything and you get a hard drive full of nothing; pick the four angles that answer real questions and suddenly the weekly meeting is twenty minutes shorter.