Fantastic map!

Nice to see that remote control rig getting some use! nice job in dicey wind

Scott encouraged me to put up a research note on this, but considering the fine job he has already done, I offer a few comments: - Scott put together a nice map from challenging conditions - always have everything in order before going out into the field. I did not. - swivel controversy: the question is, can/does a swivel between kite and string reduce spinning or other erratic kite movements? It is my understanding that a swivel facilitates spinning. At a very minimum, what a swivel does is allow something on one side of it to spin freely without affecting what is on the other side of it. Regardless, I still think it is a good idea to put a swivel on the kite line. - one camera perished that day (the kite couldn't resist taking a swim). may the electronics gods guide him to a nice spot in a landfill. - I almost forgot: BIG lesson learned: it is probably never a bad idea to first put your kite or balloon up in the air before attaching the rig + camera. I will try to remember this in the future. - the area mapped, at the northeast end of Grand Isle, is a very dynamic environment and could serve as a site for repeated mapping to show great or rapid change over time.

well that (above) didn't come out too nice :-(

what, the markdown? yeah, it's confusing. it use the br> tag a lot.

I don't know what the "Markdown" thing is. Why does it say that? To get a discount in the store? Anyway, the second comment above was in response to how when I wrote the first comment each "-" was on a new line (as in, I hit "Enter") but it didn't show up like that when I Published the comment. I guess I should have previewed it first. No problem.

markdown is the "markup" language that determines how the text is displayed on the screen. Here, i will attempt to revert to HTML, a different markup language, and format things how you desired, using the "br" tag

I offer a few comments:

- Scott put together a nice map from challenging conditions

- always have everything in order before going out into the field. I did not.

- swivel controversy: the question is, can/does a swivel between kite and string reduce spinning or other erratic kite movements? It is my understanding that a swivel facilitates spinning. At a very minimum, what a swivel does is allow something on one side of it to spin freely without affecting what is on the other side of it. Regardless, I still think it is a good idea to put a swivel on the kite line.

- one camera perished that day (the kite couldn't resist taking a swim). may the electronics gods guide him to a nice spot in a landfill.

- I almost forgot: BIG lesson learned: it is probably never a bad idea to first put your kite or balloon up in the air before attaching the rig + camera. I will try to remember this in the future.

- the area mapped, at the northeast end of Grand Isle, is a very dynamic environment and could serve as a site for repeated mapping to show great or rapid change over time.

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Matt,

I always use swivels because they are so convenient for hooking and unhooking the gear. Another advantage may be that they actually swivel and thereby untwist the kite line that gets twisted when it is wound in hand over hand (one twist per winding). I am not convinced that swivels swivel enough to unwind the windings. My kite line is always twisted.

The primary swivel controversy is whether they are safe to use. Some serious kite flyers never use them because they can fail, and use knots instead. I compromise and only use really good swivels, never the kind with the piece of sheet metal, always the wire type. And I use big ones, even though smaller ones are rated high enough.

I don't think swivels will have much effect on kite movement.

But back to lists, if you had put two spaces at the end of each line of your bulleted list, I think it would have started each item on a new line. Two spaces is a carriage return in markdown. Let's see if it works:
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