bay-area – Grassroots Mapping http://grassrootsmapping.org Stories of community based mapping projects Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:24:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 Balloon Mapping From the Ground Up: Public Lab’s Field Techniques http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/1-2-2013/balloon-mapping-ground-public-labs-field-techniques http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/1-2-2013/balloon-mapping-ground-public-labs-field-techniques#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:40:51 +0000 http://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=ab10b7dd86a9e041ddd7d05d3bd542e2 cross-posted from PBS's IdeaLab Public Lab's balloon- and kite-based mapping approach is a new way to take aerial images from the ground. However, there are some considerations and things that ...]]>

cross-posted from PBS's IdeaLab

Public Lab's balloon- and kite-based mapping approach is a new way to take aerial images from the ground. However, there are some considerations and things that can be learned from a few map stories.

Each map project has distinct characteristics in its time, place, and local atmospheric conditions. Here are several examples of how those factors make each balloon and kite map unique.

LAKE MERRITT (OAKLAND, CALIF.)

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