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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Balloon Mapping | publiclaboratory.org

Balloon Mapping | publiclaboratory.org: "Balloon Mapping"


Over the last year, we’ve build a global community of mappers who are engaged in civic issues with low-cost mapping tools like balloons, kites, and remote-control airplanes.

We're helping citizens on the Gulf Coast use balloons and kites to produce their own aerial imagery of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill… documentation that will be essential for environmental and legal use in coming yeas.We believe in complete open access to spill imagery and are releasing all imagery from the oil spill mapping project into the public domain. Download the data for this project athttp://grassrootsmapping.org/data

Check out the community blog at http://grassrootsmapping.org/

Get started

Do you have a site in mind which you'd like to map? Looking for collaborators or just need some tips and advice?

When getting in touch, be sure to mention:

  • the coordinates of the site
  • context; what you'd like to use the data for

Making your map

Once you have some aerial images:

Variations

  • Kite mapping - A large kite photography community exists -- find online resources and a list of recommended kites.

Advanced techniques:

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A 5-page illustrated guide to balloon mapping1.26 MB

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