http://www.publiclaboratory.org/notes/323/674/671 Public Laboratory research notes en http://www.publiclaboratory.org/notes/jeremy/2-10-2012/press-coverage-uky <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-main-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/notes/jeremy/2-10-2012/press-coverage-uky" class="imagecache imagecache-default imagecache-linked imagecache-default_linked"><img src="http://www.publiclaboratory.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/default/BalloonMapping.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-default" width="500" height="167" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Nice story here: <a href="http://www.as.uky.edu/balloon-mappings" title="http://www.as.uky.edu/balloon-mappings">http://www.as.uky.edu/balloon-mappings</a></p> http://www.publiclaboratory.org/notes/jeremy/2-10-2012/press-coverage-uky#comments lexington-ky university of kentucky balloon-mapping Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:32:32 +0000 Jeremy 775 at http://www.publiclaboratory.org http://www.publiclaboratory.org/notes/jeremy/1-10-2012/gis-and-balloon-mapping-uk <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-main-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/notes/jeremy/1-10-2012/gis-and-balloon-mapping-uk" class="imagecache imagecache-default imagecache-linked imagecache-default_linked"><img src="http://www.publiclaboratory.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/default/393444_10100724417722978_10713121_59788487_343083522_n.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-default" width="500" height="669" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Spring semester is just about to begin and here at the University of Kentucky we'll be doing much more balloon and kite mapping to follow up from our initial forays last fall.</p> <p>As we did last semester, we'll be combining DIY mapping into our intro GIS course. Unlike last fall however we want to actually have the students collect the imagery in addition to just using it in their projects.</p> <p>Last time faculty and grad students collected the imagery, and students in the class used mapknitter.org to stitch selected pictures together, before importing the georeferenced imagery into ArcGIS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.publiclaboratory.org/notes/jeremy/1-10-2012/gis-and-balloon-mapping-uk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.publiclaboratory.org/notes/jeremy/1-10-2012/gis-and-balloon-mapping-uk#comments kentucky lexington-ky balloon-mapping Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:57:05 +0000 Jeremy 684 at http://www.publiclaboratory.org