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State of the Map US 2013

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Grassroots Mappers

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USGS Topo, Wilkinson Bay Quadrant, 7.5 minute series, 2012

Public Satellite Imagery

Grassroots Mapping Imagery

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Out of date imagery in Google

New grassroots imagery shown over Google

Tracing in iD editor on openstreetmap.us

Tracing in iD editor on openstreetmap.org

Paper Maps: Grassroots Mapping Forum

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mainstream true accountability

Balloon mapping kit variations

if you don' t need software... don't use software

Sub $20 DIY kite rig

Passenger Pigeon: your in-flight imagery = map

NYC, 3m resolution Doc Searls, (photographer) Jeff Warren (cartographer)

In partnership with FlightStats

Starvation Lake, Michigan 1m resolution Scott Eustis

Bormatec MAJA

Public Laboratory Balloon kit + fled + flowform

$1300 ready to fly flight time: 1 hour payload: 1.5kg payload (likely to be legally limited to 500g) top wind speed: 18mph range: 10km (line of site must be maintained) max altitude: 450 ft flight skill level: high commercial use: illegal

Kite photo: Pierre Lesage

$300 ready to fly flight time: dusk to dawn continuous payload: balloon: 1kg, kites: 1-5kg (wind) top wind speed: balloon: <10mph, fled: 5-15mph, flowform:10-30mph range: ground obstruction dependent max altitude: 5000 ft flight skill level: low (balloon), medium (kite) commercial use: legal

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diydrones.com cyberquad

revealed operator

Liberating technologies

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Building on Balloon Mapping: Dual Camera Sets & Near IR

Research on Sustainability...

Creating collaborations through sharing tools

Infragram

Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, Summer 2011

Combine Research on Environmental Justice with...

web and android app for infragram project – Bharat Android aerial acquisition app – Mohit killer features for spectral workbench – Sreyanth

5cm res map Hyper3d model

30 minute flight, 1.5 hours sorting and stitching… a motion parallax engine for mapknitter.org?

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