November 8th, 2012 by eymund-diegel
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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Tags: GrassrootsMapping
Posted in 27 August 1776, American pie, battle of brooklyn, featured, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, marylander burial ground, new-york-city, Red Balloons, syndicated, veterans day | No Comments »
May 8th, 2012 by Stewart Long
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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Tags: balloon mapping, GrassrootsMapping
Posted in featured, gulf-coast, idealab, kite-mapping, near-infrared-camera, new-york-city, syndicated | No Comments »
May 8th, 2012 by Stewart Long
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
read more
Tags: balloon mapping, GrassrootsMapping
Posted in featured, gulf-coast, idealab, kite-mapping, near-infrared-camera, new-york-city, syndicated | No Comments »
