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packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:


>Estimating the size of the crowd from the ground was easier than 
>for a lot of demonstrations. The stationary crowd was seated on
>the Mall in a rectangular area. I looked at the densest clusters
>of people and it looked like 10 people per 100 square feet, and
>that's being generous.  Then I estimated the ratio of open grass
>to seated people in the various sectors of the Mall. Where
>people were standing, I called that 20 people per 100 square
>feet. I divided the crowd up into sectors of various density and
>got the areas from a map. 

Well, I know that between 12pm and 1pm from the stage to the road in the ellipse
 was completely full. Instead of 10 people per 100 feet there were more like 25.
People were touching. It was a solid mass.

 I find it truly bizarre that you think you can get a more accurate count than
NOW or the Park Service who have signatures of people there and who monitored 
the whole area from the air.

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