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Here it is in a Javascript Flot graph:

Extracted from exif data (attached with sample image) as a result of this conversation (Earlier thread)

I used the following command to extract the data, did some find/replace, and made a Flot graph (view source on the graph above)

From Thatchmore Farm near Asheville NC. Following up on work by Pat Coyle and Nathan Craig:

• http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/ncraig/11-25-2011/photographs-scaled-3...
• http://www.hypr3d.com/models/4ee80e59784d100001000011

Kaitlyn Reda, a student at Western Carolina University, wrote this blog post. It is geared towards audiences newer to balloon mapping.

What is Balloon Mapping?

Thanks to Diane Styers for this note. The 5, 4, and 3 bands of the Landsat satellite are a common combination for assessing the permeability of surfaces, for example in a city. This can help assess drainage, heat-island, and agricultural issues.

Adam was showing us yesterday at the MIT-Knight Civic Media conference that you can use GeniePro to 'train' a computer to identify different types of land cover. In this picture, he trained it to separate 7 zones, including roof, grass, sand, and pavement. I believe GeniePro was originally written by Los Alamos National Labs, and should be public domain code -- the version we're using is a commercial variant by Observera.

Ned Horning, of the Biodiversity Informatics Facility at the AMNH's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, made this great tool which lets you explore different bands from different imaging sensors, like Landsat 7 and MODIS.

http://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org/tool.php?content_id=141

The Grassroots Mapping project was recently awarded an Honorary Mention at the 2011 Prix Ars Electronica:

http://new.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/#digital-communities

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped make this happen!

Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society.