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PLOTS Balloon Mapping Kit – get started for $115
You can always assemble your own, but for a quick start PLOTS now offers a retail kit. You supply camera & helium. Read more »
PLOTS Archive maps republished on Google Maps/Earth
Maps produced by members of the Public Lab community were recently republished by Google »
PLOTS Spectrometer kits
PLOTS offers $30 kits to build your own optical spectrometer. Measure the spectrum of light bulbs or help develop techniques for analyzing water samples »
Infrared vegetation monitoring
Balloon mapping with DIY infrared cameras »
Contamination monitoring
Brooklyn activists document the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal and other sites of industrial contamination »
Using inexpensive DIY techniques, we seek to change how people see the world in environmental, social, and political terms. We are activists, educators, technologists, and community organizers interested in new ways to promote action, intervention, and awareness through a participatory research model.
This community began as the Grassroots Mapping project, an effort to produce Do-It-Yourself satellite imagery with balloons and kites, most notably during the 2010 BP oil spill. We are now broadening our scope to explore new inexpensive and community-led means to measure and explore environmental and social issues.
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On Nov 3, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Getting started
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patcoyle commented on patcoyle's Note "3-camera rig testing with with CHDK" 1 sec ago
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On May 23, MapKnitter created a new Note: MapKnitter: field
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On May 10, updated Note: MapKnitter: ucsc-trees-test
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On May 22, MapKnitter created a new Note: MapKnitter: south-beach
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On May 21, rjstatic-admin updated Note: Excellent Geoscience Fieldtest of Photostrip H2S Detection
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On May 21, Sara updated Note: Excellent Geoscience Fieldtest of Photostrip H2S Detection
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On May 21, Sara created a new Note: Excellent Geoscience Fieldtest of Photostrip H2S Detection
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Passenger Pigeon
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On May 21, Jeffrey Warren created a new Page: passenger pigeon
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On Apr 18, Jeffrey Warren updated Page: Server status
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On Dec 6, Shannon updated Page: PLOTS Staff








