Public Labs Map Making Workshop
Sunday, September 23rd
11am – 5pm
Members: $35
Non-members: $50
Join Stewart Long from publiclaboratory.org in a DIY map making and aerial photography workshop. The Public Lab balloon and kite aerial imaging tool is a collaboratively designed, low-cost, fun, and relatively easy activity for making amazing high resolution aerial image maps. Here is a rundown of the schedule for the workshop.
Start Introduction to aerial image mapping and general aerial photography.
Review the history of aerial photography, satellites, and the aerial imaging
industry.
DIY Balloon/Kite mapping activity explained, collaborative tool design
processed discussed.
Planning Group looks at neighborhood map together and selects mapping
focus of the day, site specific discussion rundown of how we will do the field
work in this particular situation
Safety Before the group walks out to do field work we will talk about any
possible hazards and how to safely complete the field work
Image Acquisition We will step outside, fill our balloon and proceed to
move around and map our area of interest.
Map Production Introduction to the open source tool; MapKnitter. We will
learn how to start a new project and create a map from the imagery we just
collected outside.
Continued Map project may end that day or may be left to the participants
to complete depending on time left and the size of the map
More information on Balloon & Kite Mapping can be found here