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Subject: Re: Legal Permissions to Fly Balloon
From: Jeffrey Warren <j...@publiclaboratory.org>
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Hi, Sean - there's also a page on the PLOTS wiki where people have been
collecting links and useful info:

http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/balloon-mapping-regulations

It's not legal advice but it does cite relevant law and has links.

Jeff

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com>wrote:

> On 02/21/2012 08:10 AM, Sean McGinnis wrote:
> > I am a lecturer at Rutgers University teaching introduction to
> > Environmental Geomatics (http://georamblings.com/
> > environmentalgeomatics/). I recently supported the Kickstarter project
> > and for my support I got the balloon mapping kit. I was going to do an
> > exercise where we would fly the balloon on campus early one morning
> > and use the collected images to stitch together a mosaic of the park
> > in the middle of campus. In getting approval for the project, one of
> > the deans wants me to verify with the FAA and the NJ State Police
> > (NJSP) that it will not cause a legal issue by flying the balloon. I
> > have contacted the FAA and NJSP and am just getting the run around.
> > Dopes anyone have any suggestion on who I might contact or an online
> > resource that will provide guidance or documentation stating the legal
> > considerations when balloon mapping.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > -sean
>
> Title 14 Section 101 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
>
> http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.15&idno=14
>
> Enjoy,
> Alex
>

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Hi, Sean - there&#39;s also a page on the PLOTS wiki where people have been=
 collecting links and useful info:<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://pub=
liclaboratory.org/wiki/balloon-mapping-regulations">http://publiclaboratory=
.org/wiki/balloon-mapping-regulations</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>It&#39;s not legal advice but it does cite relevant law=
 and has links.=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff<br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alex Mandel <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:tech_...@wildintellect.com">tech_...@wildintellect.com</=
a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">On 0=
2/21/2012 08:10 AM, Sean McGinnis wrote:<br>
&gt; I am a lecturer at Rutgers University teaching introduction to<br>
&gt; Environmental Geomatics (<a href=3D"http://georamblings.com/" target=
=3D"_blank">http://georamblings.com/</a><br>
&gt; environmentalgeomatics/). I recently supported the Kickstarter project=
<br>
&gt; and for my support I got the balloon mapping kit. I was going to do an=
<br>
&gt; exercise where we would fly the balloon on campus early one morning<br=
>
&gt; and use the collected images to stitch together a mosaic of the park<b=
r>
&gt; in the middle of campus. In getting approval for the project, one of<b=
r>
&gt; the deans wants me to verify with the FAA and the NJ State Police<br>
&gt; (NJSP) that it will not cause a legal issue by flying the balloon. I<b=
r>
&gt; have contacted the FAA and NJSP and am just getting the run around.<br=
>
&gt; Dopes anyone have any suggestion on who I might contact or an online<b=
r>
&gt; resource that will provide guidance or documentation stating the legal=
<br>
&gt; considerations when balloon mapping.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thanks in advance.<br>
&gt; -sean<br>
<br>
</div></div>Title 14 Section 101 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)<br>
<a href=3D"http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=3Decfr&amp;rgn=
=3Ddiv5&amp;view=3Dtext&amp;node=3D14:2.0.1.3.15&amp;idno=3D14" target=3D"_=
blank">http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=3Decfr&amp;rgn=3Ddiv=
5&amp;view=3Dtext&amp;node=3D14:2.0.1.3.15&amp;idno=3D14</a><br>

<br>
Enjoy,<br>
Alex<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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