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2 weeks 3 días ago
After months of reading about one of the most infamous landfills in the country, the time finally...
2 weeks 3 días ago
This is a demonstration map for Dr. O'Neill's GIS class. Spring 2013.
2 weeks 4 días ago
First attempt at MapKnitter, using aerials from a low-altitude balloon on a windy day.
stoft
2 weeks 4 días ago
An area of concern for me in rebuilding my spectrometer has been the camera focus. The spectrometer...
2 weeks 4 días ago
We are gathering around the Fort Mason green and MacArthur Ave 10-10:30 and then walking from there...
warren
2 weeks 4 días ago
While we definitely want to be testing crude samples from known oil spills, having reference...
mathew
2 weeks 5 días ago
Original article on IdeaLab Scarabaeus laticollis via Wikimedia. Detritivores are creatures that...
warren
2 weeks 5 días ago
I ordered 100 plastic cuvettes for holding spectrometry samples, but unfortunately they leak pretty...
cfastie
2 weeks 6 días ago
Image above: I made Bill lie on the ground to take this photo of the dual camera infrared rig, the...
huslage
2 weeks 6 días ago
Details about the problem On our recent balloon mapping expedition in Qatar, we used a GoPro Hero3...
huslage
2 weeks 6 días ago
We launched a Balloon at the Al Dhakira Mangroves in Qatar on April 23rd! This was in support of...
karenv
2 weeks 6 días ago
Did some kite mapping near the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant on Sat., 4/27. The goal was to get some good...
gbathree
2 weeks 6 días ago
In the last few weeks we've been working diligently on getting the Photosynq handheld device...
2 weeks 6 días ago
This was a "train-the-trainer" practice launch 10 days before our Philly Tech Week Balloon Mapping...
2 weeks 6 días ago
Patch Dynamics: Urban Design and Ecology as Mosaic: Victoria Marshall
2 weeks 6 días ago
"A big ass balloon brings people so much joy. When it comes down to it, we're all five years old...
dmdc
3 weeks 8 horas ago
I am working on developing a database for conservation technicians to use in identifying materials...