Gathering information on land-use and how our practices are affecting the places we live and care about is often one of the first steps to understanding an environmental issue. The management practices and modifications we make to the environment have effects not only on the land itself, but often the environmental health of the people nearby and surrounding landscapes. Mapping is one of the best methods for understanding current land use practices. You can read about [mapping methods on this page ](https://publiclab.org/wiki/balloon-mapping) ###Questions [questions:Land-use] ###Activities [activities:Land-use] ###Research notes [notes:Land-use] ...
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| PhillipLyons | "I have seen it on Youtube, A guy was doing it. I can't remind of the link. But you can definitely try Youtube buddy. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| rjun86 | "thanks for ur answer sadly while trying to remove those 3 screws i shredded stripped those screws head if u want i can post its picture before tha..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "First, mark the position of the three screws. When you remove them, count the number of rotations needed to unscrew them. So you will need marks on..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| stevesteve | "Thanks Chris, Actually as I read more papers I am finding that many of the newer references are using: NDVI=(NIR-R)/(NIR+R) rather than the blue an..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I don't know of published results of studies comparing red and blue filters. Red light has been used for the visible part of the NDVI equation for ..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| suman | "I apologize for my late response. I went through mini balloon mapping kit. Lets consider the 36 inch mylar balloons, approx many would a 15 L heliu..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, it depends on how big your balloon is and what it's made of. If you use a rubber balloon, it'll deflate over a day or two. If you use mylar, li..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "Awesome, @Zengirl2. Thanks! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "@gretchengehrke Okay, fixed it! Legacy editor correctly adds an attachment, but not the newer Rich editor. Will make a note on my bug report now! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "@gretchengehrke weirdly if I'm in edit it shows as an attachment. However, the code is saying it puts it in Public Lab's photos. So weird. Will pos..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "Wow, thank you for this information @Zengirl2! Could you provide the paper citation here so we can look it up (since it didn't attach, and I honest..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Powerful work. Excellent example of use of these tools. " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "http://bitly.com/1KtqDXU new mapknitter " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "https://mapknitter.org/maps/hole-5-over-couturie-forest# " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1917-25045-2880/2bdraft_ea_ai_1977_fp_c_city_park_golf_course_reconfiguration.txt " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "http://ucmwww.dnr.state.la.us/ucmsearch/FindDocuments.aspx?idx=xrefnum&val=P20130350&qtype=eq " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Scott Eustis photo attached of locations of trees to be cut. red are locations of oak trees (17) Scott Eustis's photo. 1 hr · Like Debra Howell Th..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | " I got this information from here: http://neworleanscitypark.com/contact Bob Becker, CEO bbecker@nocp.org John Hopper, Director of Public Affairs j..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Febird%2FGuideMe%3Fcmd%3DdecisionPage%26getLocations%3Dhotspots%26hotspots%3DL453412%26yr%3..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "https://www.facebook.com/download/849867168407522/NOCPIA-2013financials.pdf http://ucmwww.dnr.state.la.us/ucmsearch/UCMRedir.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "http://midcitymessenger.com/2015/02/26/nature-enthusiasts-protest-plans-for-new-championship-level-golf-course-in-city-park/ https://www.facebook...." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "https://www.change.org/p/new-orleans-city-park-cancel-plans-for-development-of-the-championship-level-golf-course-in-northern-city-park?recruiter=2..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mlamadrid | "You were quicker than I am with my emails. Thanks for finding and posting it! " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| liz | "Here's a link to the map itself: https://mapknitter.org/map/view/juakali " | Read more » | over 11 years ago |