Public Laboratory Community Newsletter 10 AUG 2012

[Adam Griffith]

Hello Public Laboratory Community:

1) Google will be scanning maps created by our community to possibly be imported into GoogleEarth/Maps. Be sure to export maps and click public domain license.

2) Home made kites are sexy! Don’t believe us? Check out these photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizbarry/7741080632/in/photostream/

3) Pix4d auto-stitching is a viable alternative to manual methods, Photoshop, or Image Composite Editor. Pat Coyle and Mat Lippincot demonstrate this with this research note and map: http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/mapknitter/8-8-2012/mapknitter-pix4d-p...

4) Our spectral library is growing at spectralworkbench.org and a new illustrated guide to making your very own spectrometer has made its way to our instructables:
http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/8-6-2012/illustrated-guide-spec...

5) Over 10 research notes by 6 different users this week!!!

Check out some research notes:

Gas escaping from a collapsing salt dome: http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eustatic/8-6-2012/gas-some-hydrogen-su...
Bayou Sauvage Draeger tubes after 4 days:
http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/shannon/8-6-2012/bayou-sauvage-draeger...
Motivation to modify our balloon kit into a an air quality monitoring station:
http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/eustatic/8-6-2012/monitoring-industria...

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Adam Griffith
Director of Science and Coastal Environments
publiclaboratory.org
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