becomes a panoptic spectacle for the tourist horde

Oscar Gandy has introduced the notion of a panoptic sort: "The panoptic sort is a difference machine that sorts individuals into categories and classes on the basis of routine measurements [...]"

the permanent panoptic vigilance of a bloated managerial strata determined to over-compensate in order to fully ensure it is meeting central government's demands

in the panoptic present of Google Earth and the like

He seems to rear panoptically above his subjects