grassrootsmapping Google Group

Fwd: [PublicLab] Tool for Stalling: Mapping

j...@publiclaboratory.org (Jeffrey Warren) — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:45 UT

I wanted to share this thoughtful writeup by Maria Lamadrid on the use of
balloon mapping by the JuaKali Craft Village in Kampala to temporarily
stall eviction proceedings:

[link]

The map in MapKnitter can be found here:
[link]

maps & visibility

kanari...@gmail.com (kanarinka) — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:04:03 UT

Hi all -

I'm mostly a lurker on this list. I'm working with Luisa Beck to put
together a blog post for the MIT Center for Civic Media about making
maps for journalists and we are looking to cite a case where mapping
actually was _not_ ideal because not everybody wants to be mapped. In
these cases mapping can be an invasion of privacy or serve to "out"

request for MapKnitter help

j...@publiclab.org (Jeffrey Warren) — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:48:42 UT

Lynn Wolbarst had a great balloon flight a few weeks ago and got a lot of
images of a concerning metal processing plant in East Providence. She needs
some help getting a MapKnitter.org map started, and piecing together her
images.

[link]

Fwd: [PLOTS] Workshop in Milan - Italy

j...@publiclab.org (Jeffrey Warren) — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:14:52 UT

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Cc: Zoe Romano <z...@wefab.it>

Hi all,

here Costantino and Zoe !!

Sorry for posting a bit late ;) but I'd like inform you that we're having a
workshop tomorrow May 14th and 15th.

The event is totally free and organized with the Triennale Design Museum

GSoC 2013

mohitini...@gmail.com (mohit meena) — Sun, 12 May 2013 09:11:05 UT

Capturing all of sensory data (temperature,barometric pressure ) in a
timestamped CVS file is complex(we have to use external library (Library<[link]>)
to create .csv file). Instead of that can we use sql database to store all
the parameter??
For weather info, I used weather.com data in my GPS navigation app so that

updated note w NDVI and NRG image maps: Public Lab NorCal Meetup Fort Mason San Francisco CA

p...@coyles.com (Patrick Coyle) — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:42:41 UT

For the Visible and NIR imaging of community garden, Stewart got a pretty
nice set of visible and nir images.

Chris Fastie ran Ned Horning's ImageJ tool on the one of the image pairs in
Stewart's visible map and output NDVI and NRG images of the community
garden for an interesting result and nice example.

White House Executive Order on Open Data and helium legislation

shannon.dosema...@gmail.com (Shannon Dosemagen) — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:54:52 UT

Two news bits I wanted to share with you all.

1. Some might be interested in this-- Executive Order on Open Data coming
from the White House today.

From the Sunlight Foundation
blog<[link]>

This Executive Order and the new

Philadelphia mailing list and page

j...@publiclab.org (Jeffrey Warren) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:44:01 UT

Hello all -- just wanted to share that Dana Bauer has been doing a lot of
organizing in the Philadelphia area and we've gotten both a mailing list
and a wiki page up for folks in that area -- you can post events, follow
the "philadelphia" tag <[link]>,
and more:

posted note: Public Lab NorCal Meetup Fort Mason San Francisco CA

p...@coyles.com (Patrick Coyle) — Tue, 07 May 2013 02:22:39 UT

Posted note with photos, video, preliminary results from 5/4/13 Public Lab
NorCal Meetup at Fort Mason San Francisco CA at:
[link]

DIY Aerial Mapping mention in US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation magazine, Trajectory

wward1...@gmail.com (Will Ward) — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:41:05 UT

Short mention of Grassroots Mapping in US GIF's Trajectory magazine<[link]>.

Some of the details are wrong--like length of Public Lab's mapping, but it
is the connection to another segment of the geospatial professionals that

finding my location in mapknitter

fies...@gmail.com (hagit keysar) — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:34:40 UT

Hey
I just opened a new map for stitching, but I didn't enter lat. long. info.
Is there a way to add this info in the stitching stage? cause it is
difficult to find the location I need manually.

Hagit.
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Public Lab community newsletter 5.4.13

shan...@publiclaboratory.org (Shannon Dosemagen) — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:16:12 UT

This week in the Public Lab newsletter, check out announcements for last
minute mapping meet-ups in San Francisco and New York City, read about
mapping excursions to aerial image a nuclear power plant
in Massachusetts and mangroves in Qatar and learn about how trash and
technology can go hand-in-hand.

Job advert: Senior developer at the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) group (UCL)

shan...@publiclaboratory.org (Shannon Dosemagen) — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:32:49 UT

Hi everyone,

University College London Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) group is hiring
a Senior Developer to join their incredible team! This is a great
opportunity, please pass along to people you think might be interested.

______

**Senior Developer at the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) group (UCL)*****

Last call: post your GSoC proposal or sign up to be a GSoC mentor

stew...@publiclaboratory.org (Stewart Long) — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:18:16 UT

Thank you to those that have helped develop project ideas in the last 2
weeks. It is now last call to submit student proposals. If you would like
to sign up to be a mentor please add your name to the list as well.
[link]

Plymouth nuclear plant mapping

j...@publiclaboratory.org (Jeffrey Warren) — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:03:31 UT

I wanted to share this great note by Karen Vale of Cape Cod Bay
Watch<[link]>,
who I helped to do a (completely legal, FAA-notified) mapping of the
Pilgrim nuclear plant last weekend.

[link]

CCBW's been pushing for tighter permitting for the construction of a new