Maps: open data from balloon and kite photography ### Do-It-Yourself "satellite" imagery These maps were largely made by [taking photos from balloons and kites](/balloon-mapping), a technique adopted and refined by Public Lab contributors. Make one yourself and it can be featured here. [map:tag:map-archive:43:-71] View all maps at #map-archive **** ## A grassroots data archive This archive represents the collective work of our community to provide an alternative source for aerial imagery, and to highlight issues of environmental and social concern with Do-It-Yourself tools. The archive provides: * A permanent, backed up archive * A place to advocate around your data * A space to discuss and understand the maps ## How to contribute Most of the maps in this archive were made in [MapKnitter](https://mapknitter.org), a free and open source tool created by Public Lab contributors to turn aerial photos into maps. To add your open source map to the archive, provide some background and to tell the story of your map in a note, then tag it with `map-archive`. Creative Commons and Public Domain maps are [both accepted](/licenses). [notes:grid:map-archive] ...
| Author | Comment | Last activity | Moderation | ||
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| gonzoearth | "the original content from this map somehow was erased, and I just had to fix the lat/long it was 30mi off to the southwest!? " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "updated, thanks " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "pointe au chien, cher " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "http://www.airmarugan.com " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wasn't this a Riverkeeper map? Is there some more background about it? " | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "Occupy " | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "The composite mosaic image source was not created by MapKnitter and contains the white background. " | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "Why is there a white border around the images? " | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Were there no images of the northeastern infill area? I thought that was part of what Scott was looking for. Great images though considering the li..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/9-26-2012/bread-loaf-ortho " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "i have new airplane shots 2 sept 2012 NOAA has coastal response georectified imagery lots of sand everywhere, but i think the sea grass took a hit " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "map updated to reflect improved export " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "joy! " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "Thanks for commenting, nothing to do with Oscar and I did not know it was broken. " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| sara | "Hi Stew--perhaps you could update the image links? And is this a mountain top removal site? " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| sara | "Are there plan afoot to remap the man-made reefs? It would be great to learn more about how this project progressed! " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| sara | "Oscar this is such a great note--Unfortunately the links to the images have broken, could you add them again? " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| sara | "just to alert you, Adam and Stewart " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| sara | "Hi I have no images appearing on this map? " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| sara | "Can the zoom level be reset on this map so that the balloon map layer shows without zooming in? Also it would be great to know why this map was ma..." | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "Partial hypr3d model from this dataset: http://www.hypr3d.com/models/4fd64bb8b6d8810001000033 " | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "I've been looking for public domain reference imagery, and wrote a while ago about this here: https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/3-19-2012/rough-pl..." | Read more » | about 12 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "Thanks Chris I changed the date. I must have used that date from EXIF data or something like that before. I'll have to look at the overlay offset a..." | Read more » | about 12 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Speaking of Google Earth, this map is georeferenced rather poorly there. I guess we just have to wait for the next update to see if that gets fixed? " | Read more » | about 12 years ago |