featured – 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 Vermont Winter Festival, Viewed from a Kite String http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/kalynrosenberg/3-1-2013/vermont-winter-festival-viewed-kite-string http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/kalynrosenberg/3-1-2013/vermont-winter-festival-viewed-kite-string#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:32:53 +0000 http://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=fcbcc0b67bd841d8bfb774b4c84b6576 A kite aerial photography field report Date of f...]]>

A kite aerial photography field report

Date of flight: January 27, 2013
Site: North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, Vermont
Occasion: Ice on Fire deep winter celebration

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2013/03/vermont-winter-festival-viewed-from-a-kite-string/feed/ 0 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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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2013/01/balloon-mapping-from-the-ground-up-public-labs-field-techniques/feed/ 0 Raising the Dead: Grassroots Mappers Help Look For America’s First Veterans Cemetery. http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eymund-diegel/11-9-2012/raising-dead-grassroots-mappers-help-look-america-s-first-veterans-cem http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eymund-diegel/11-9-2012/raising-dead-grassroots-mappers-help-look-america-s-first-veterans-cem#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:42:49 +0000 http://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=c1fae882824ffb48fc9aafb1d1335cd4 An ordinary looking concrete slab in Brooklyn - what story does it really tell ? "To balloon or to kite, that is the question.." Just after Independence Day 2012, the “Over My Dead Body” bal...]]>

An ordinary looking concrete slab in Brooklyn - what story does it really tell ?

"To balloon or to kite, that is the question.."

Just after Independence Day 2012, the “Over My Dead Body” balloon mapping expedition set out to capture high resolution aerials of a very special grave site: America’s first ever military cemetery.

Their site of interest was none other than the fabled Marylander Burial Ground, rumored location of the first soldiers ever to die as Americans in the 1776 War of Independence.

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/11/raising-the-dead-grassroots-mappers-help-look-for-americas-first-veterans-cemetery/feed/ 0 Shannon Dosemagen Interviews Scott Eustis of Gulf Restoration Network http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/mathew/10-5-2012/shannon-dosemagen-interviews-scott-eustis-gulf-restoration-network http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/mathew/10-5-2012/shannon-dosemagen-interviews-scott-eustis-gulf-restoration-network#respond Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:19:14 +0000 http://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=a7170132607db19ff78947f692e2a7d1 This interview is from the summer issue of Grassroots Mapping Forum, our quarterly print publication. Subscribe here. Shannon Dosemagen sat down with Scott Eustis of the Gulf Restoration Network...]]>

This interview is from the summer issue of Grassroots Mapping Forum, our quarterly print publication. Subscribe here.

Shannon Dosemagen sat down with Scott Eustis of the Gulf Restoration Network to discuss the shifting sands and fortunes of the Mississippi Delta and the Chandeleur Islands

Can you tell me a bit about GRN, the work you’re doing with them, mission, some of the work that your co-workers are doing?

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/10/shannon-dosemagen-interviews-scott-eustis-of-gulf-restoration-network/feed/ 0 Print maps from the PLOTS Archive and MapKnitter http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-10-2012/print-maps-plots-archive-and-mapknitter http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-10-2012/print-maps-plots-archive-and-mapknitter#respond Thu, 10 May 2012 20:38:15 +0000 https://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=9a0600a2746f45ccf5ca6b36d919a1fb This was a bit lost in the hubbub over the Google announcement, but a few weeks ago we added a feature to order a print directly from MapKnitter and from the PLOTS map archive. Users can now cl...]]>

This was a bit lost in the hubbub over the Google announcement, but a few weeks ago we added a feature to order a print directly from MapKnitter and from the PLOTS map archive. Users can now click-through directly from their map details page. Public Laboratory map production is working towards a end-to-end open source solution:

  • Planning. Getting started with Public Lab map tools, collaborate, learn about safety first
  • Capture. Taking aerial images
  • Sorting. Selecting the best images locally or online with mapmill.org

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/05/print-maps-from-the-plots-archive-and-mapknitter-2/feed/ 0 Print maps from the PLOTS Archive and MapKnitter http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-10-2012/print-maps-plots-archive-and-mapknitter http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-10-2012/print-maps-plots-archive-and-mapknitter#respond Thu, 10 May 2012 20:38:15 +0000 http://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=9a0600a2746f45ccf5ca6b36d919a1fb This was a bit lost in the hubbub over the Google announcement, but a few weeks ago we added a feature to order a print directly from MapKnitter and from the PLOTS map archive. Users can now cl...]]>

This was a bit lost in the hubbub over the Google announcement, but a few weeks ago we added a feature to order a print directly from MapKnitter and from the PLOTS map archive. Users can now click-through directly from their map details page. Public Laboratory map production is working towards a end-to-end open source solution:

  • Planning. Getting started with Public Lab map tools, collaborate, learn about safety first
  • Capture. Taking aerial images
  • Sorting. Selecting the best images locally or online with mapmill.org

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/05/print-maps-from-the-plots-archive-and-mapknitter/feed/ 0 Timeline of a Public Labs map project http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-8-2012/timeline-public-labs-map-project http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-8-2012/timeline-public-labs-map-project#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 17:28:39 +0000 http://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=a09fc73effc34b525d4e73f28d012eec cross-posted from PBS's IdeaLab. How We Got Here: The Road to Public Lab's Map Project Last week, Public Laboratory announced that public domain maps are now starting to show up on Google Earth...]]>

cross-posted from PBS's IdeaLab. How We Got Here: The Road to Public Lab's Map Project

Last week, Public Laboratory announced that public domain maps are now starting to show up on Google Earth and Google Maps. But how did the projects get there? Here's a timeline of a Public Laboratory map project.

MAKING A MAP

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/05/timeline-of-a-public-labs-map-project/feed/ 0 Timeline of a Public Labs map project http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-8-2012/timeline-public-labs-map-project http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/gonzoearth/5-8-2012/timeline-public-labs-map-project#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 17:28:39 +0000 https://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=a09fc73effc34b525d4e73f28d012eec cross-posted from PBS's IdeaLab. How We Got Here: The Road to Public Lab's Map Project Last week, Public Laboratory announced that public domain maps are now starting to show up on Google Earth...]]>

cross-posted from PBS's IdeaLab. How We Got Here: The Road to Public Lab's Map Project

Last week, Public Laboratory announced that public domain maps are now starting to show up on Google Earth and Google Maps. But how did the projects get there? Here's a timeline of a Public Laboratory map project.

MAKING A MAP

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/05/timeline-of-a-public-labs-map-project-2/feed/ 0 Lima, Peru: Kite Making/Ballon Mapping Workshop, U. of San Marcos http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/anita/2-2-2012/lima-peru-kite-makingballon-mapping-workshop-u-san-marcos http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/anita/2-2-2012/lima-peru-kite-makingballon-mapping-workshop-u-san-marcos#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:50 +0000 https://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=c5055fc202f136bd4d696c00fd77dfd6 ...]]>

We held a Ballon Mapping and Kite Making Workshop on the Campus of San Marcos on Jan. 28, 2012 with a group of about 10 people from: Open Street Map Peru, Saberes Nomadas, and San Marcos Univ. (physics, geography, sociology, and geographic engineering depts.)

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]]> http://grassrootsmapping.org/2012/02/lima-peru-kite-makingballon-mapping-workshop-u-of-san-marcos-2/feed/ 0 Helium high: balloon mapping in the Philippines http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/maning/1-25-2012/helium-high-balloon-mapping-philippines http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/maning/1-25-2012/helium-high-balloon-mapping-philippines#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:42 +0000 https://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=fef21530979238a8648baf504b954fda This post has been syndicated from EPSG4253.wordpress.com Today, we had a balloon mapping experiment. For a very brief airtime, we got some really impressive images. read more]]>

This post has been syndicated from EPSG4253.wordpress.com

Today, we had a balloon mapping experiment. For a very brief airtime, we got some really impressive images.

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