[CrisisCommons Projects] Re: CC-OilSpill [grassrootsmapping] oil slick: can we make a 1-page info sheet to print?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Sorry if I wasnt clear. We are doing this with normal digital cameras
and kites and balloons. This has nothing to do with the mobile app
really.

Jeff

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Yobie Benjamin <yo...@acm.org> wrote:
> Can you write the instructions?  We would have to combine this with the
> mobile apps functions to come up with a "1 pager".  Realistically there are
> multiple protocols to do this:
>
> What to do if you have an iPhone or Android?
>
> 2 megapixel iPhones (non video capable)
> 3.2 megapixel or above iPhone and Androids (video and still photo capable)
>
> What to do if you have a stand alone video camera?  (applies also to video
> uploads from iPhones and Androids)
>
> gulfoilspillvideo is an account I have setup in YOUTUBE and we can upload
> all videos to this account BUT we need cc folks to reach out to YOUTUBE
> and/or Google to allow unlimited uploads to this account.   I am unaware if
> Heather or Andrew have a special account in YOUTUBE
>
> What to do if you have a still photo?
>
> I do not have an account in Flickr or Picasa though I can setup an account.
>  CC (Heather or Andrew) again need to call the selected photo site and get
> an unlimited upload account.
>
> It is CRITICAL that EVERY video and still photo be geo-tagged OR have some
> location description (closest address is good but at the very least
> Parish/County, State (stand alone still or video cameras will not have geo
> tag capabilities)  and each should have date and time stamps.  Tags would
> help greatly (some unique hashtag will be better... we don't want 10,000,000
> search returns on oiled birds.  We'll do better with something like
> #CC_oiled_birds... a more knowledgeable person can create those tags)
>
> My 2 cents
> Y
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <orte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The grassroots mapping folks have deployed to the gulf to begin
>> working with local groups to low-altitude, low-cost, yet very high-res
>> aerial imagery capture. They have brought gear and cameras to
>> distribute, and now have a small army of local students and volunteers
>> to help, and are setting up training sessions.
>>
>> http://wiki.grassrootsmapping.org/show/GrassrootsMappingGulfCoastOilSpill
>> http://grassrootsmapping.org/
>>
>> They would like to put together a double sided '1 pager' that explains
>> the process and has contact information etc on it (see below).
>>
>> Is there a graphic artist or similar on one of these lists that can
>> assist with this? I can work on the content with someone, but my
>> design skillz are sorely lacking.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jeffrey Warren <war...@mit.edu>
>> Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:41 AM
>> Subject: [grassrootsmapping] oil slick: can we make a 1-page info
>> sheet to print?
>> To: Liz Barry <eba...@gmail.com>, grassroo...@googlegroups.com,
>> Nathan Cooke <chef...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: ad...@companyboutique.com, Adina <adina...@gmail.com>,
>> "an...@labucketbrigade.org" <an...@labucketbrigade.org>, Leila Mougoui
>> Bakhtiari <leila_...@yahoo.com>, kaushal man shrestha
>> <kaush...@gmail.com>, Corey Mullee <corey...@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi, all -
>>
>> New york team, Jeff Johnson, and Nathan Cooke... would you be willing
>> to help with this?
>>
>> we're setting up training sessions right now and it would be wonderful
>> to have a single sheet hand out that covers:
>>
>> - checklist of needed materials (see the illustration on the
>> grassrootsmapping wiki)
>> - quick rundown of how to use the cameras with the CHDK, focus on
>> keeping batteries charged
>> - who to ask for help
>> - where to sign up as a volunteer
>> - contact information and where to upload the imagery
>> - where to print out more of the flyer itself
>>
>> perhaps that's too much for one page. But some way we could have that
>> hand out to give out at the trainings would be super.
>>
>> maybe either as a wiki page or a google doc, maybe google doc is
>> better. that way we can refine it as we learn about what people are
>> confused about.
>>
>> best,
>> jeff
>
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[Jeffrey Johnson]

Yep, we have a site where the photos are warped to the ground and mosaicked.

http://cartagen.org/maps

Jeff

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Yobie Benjamin <yo...@acm.org> wrote:
> It does not change the need for naming, tagging and uploading protocols to
> video and photo sites unless you intend to create  your own video and photo
> servers/repositories.

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Absolutely they will be geocoded and timestamped. We intend to collect
time series of images over the next weeks/months and and these will be
distributed as tiles that can be added as overlays or base maps to
other web map apps that are based on google maps or openlayers or the
like.

They are out shooting today, but mostly training local students to do
the work, we have sent down 10 canons with the chdk, but it is totally
conceivable to do the shooting with mobile phones using an
intevalometer app.

Jeff

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Yobie Benjamin <yo...@acm.org> wrote:
> Fantastic!  Are the pics going to be time and geo coded.  It would be very
> useful for people evaluating for economic damages... before and after oil
> sludge hits the beaches.