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PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags wishlist & maps

15 January 2013 09:00

Breadpig Shop - Buy Geeky Things & Make the World Suck Less! — Balloon Mapping Kit

Once assembled, this kit -- developed by community researchers from the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science -- enables you to collect your own aerial photos from up to 1000 ft. Using the open source MapKnitter web-based software, you can stitch the resulting images into a web-viewable map -- your own "counter-cartography" Google Maps. Use it to tell a different story from the "official" map -- document contamination (it was used to map the BP oil spill) or wetlands loss, or to record a temporary condition like the Occupy Oakland encampment.