[PLOTS] Public Lab community newsletter 8.17.12

[Mathew Lippincott]

1) Here are few highlights from a great week in mapping, don't forget to check out more below- farms, giant murals, auctions and conferences are all given an aerial view. 

* From Russia, a Russian translation of Grassroots Mapping Guide, and  a Moscow map by Aurash Khawarzad working to do Moscow traffic counts.

* Pat Coyle has been using Mapknitter with an R.C. plane and HD video stills

* Beverly Pearce, and Denizen Media's mapping workshop on the Shenandoah River has produced several miles of excellent map  and some local news coverage.

2) New Browser Apps and Features!

* Jeffrey Warren coded a prototype mobile phone thermographer for the web browser Opera Mobile, providing a new alternative to Glowdoodle when using the thermal flashlight. Jeff's notes are here. Jeff has also been debugging Mapknitter's image stacking order and map centering, give it a shot. 

3)Conferences

*Adam Griffith is representing Public Laboratory at the EPA Region IV Environmental Justice Conference.

*Two teams of prospective Public Lab-affiliated SXSW 2013 panels would love for you to vote for them:

Public Lab, Pachube, Citizen Sensor and DontFlush.me are submitting Empowering Communities with Civic Science and Data

Brown U. and Public Lab are submitting Revolution on the Ground: Next Generation Maps

Research Notes

Kites:

Bridle adjustment guidelines for more than just diamond kites:

Diamond kite Bridles (by lfamular)

Hydrogen Sulfide:

Lessons learned in container design and preparations for another round of field tests:

New Experimental Design, Aztec, New Mexico (by megan)

New Container Tests, Aztec, New Mexico (by megan)

Spectrometer:

open source licensing of spectral data? (discussion)

spectrometer construction step two (by Misterdeman)

foldable and countertop spectrometers (by warren)

Maps:

Event Maps:

Megan Marlatt and her student's giant outdoor mural "hello Pluto, Good-bye Kitty"

May 5, 2012 farm equipment auction, East Middlebury, VT. (by cfastie)

Toorcamp 8-10-2012, WA (by mathew)

Farm Maps:

Lincoln Peak Vinyard, VT (by cfastie)

Sunrise Orchard, VT (by cfastie)

Other Maps:

Lone Rock Pond, VT (by cfastie)

Gowanus Salt Lot, NY (by gnomespirit)

Have a great weekend!

Mathew