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Public Lab has developed a number of open source software platforms to assist in the collection, analysis, storage, sharing, and conversion of data from our open source tools. The data storage and sharing websites MapKnitter.org, SpectralWorkbench.org, and Infragram.org provide long-term storage for locally produced data, and convert and present that data in open, standard formats which are easy to use for the press, "scientists", and other advocacy groups while providing community researchers with a forum to discuss, interpret, and compare their data. For example, activists mapping oil contamination from the BP oil spill and those mapping water pollution in the Gowanus Canal have thoroughly documented their work on the Public Lab platform, publishing research notes as well as embeddable web maps at MapKnitter.org. They have also achieved widespread media attention for their work, as well as, in NYC , a place on the EPA community committee involved in the canal cleanup project. _For more detail, visit https://publiclab.org/software-overview. All codebases are available on Github as linked below; the main Public Lab Github account can be found at https://github.com/publiclab_ **** [![mapknitter.png](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/002/610/medium/mapknitter.png)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/002/610/original/mapknitter.png) ###MapKnitter [MapKnitter](https://mapknitter.org) is our oldest codebase, since 2014 has provided a free and open source means to place, rectify, and stitch aerial photographs together; in particular those collected using Public Lab's open hardware Balloon Mapping Kit. Users upload images one by one onto a base reference map, and align them in a web-based GIS system. Completed maps are exported into standard formats including TMS, GeoTiff and more. https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/ **** ![Spectral Workbench](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8248338918_970cb463db.jpg) ###Spectral Workbench [SpectralWorkbench.org](http://SpectralWorkbench.org) hosts an archive of open source spectra collected with Public Lab's open source spectrometer. The website enables collaboration to refine and improve sample collection and analysis techniques to identify a growing number of materials. We imagine eventually hosting a comprehensive open library which can help to investigate chemical spills, diagnose crop diseases, and identify contaminants in household products. https://github.com/jywarren/spectral-workbench/ **** ![Infragram](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/002/495/medium/Screen_Shot_2014-01-07_at_12.43.22_PM.png) ###Infragram.org [Infragram.org](http://infragram.org), our newest open source codebase, provides real-time multispectral image compositing for crop and vegetation analysis, as well as hosting of resulting open source images for the Public Lab collaborative research community. Users can upload images for analysis or even directly connect modified multispectral cameras and composite live video. https://github.com/p-v-o-s/infragram-js/ **** ![PublicLab.org](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/000/085/medium/front.png) ###PublicLab.org The online research sharing platform we’ve created at [PublicLab.org](http://publiclab.org) provides a powerful -- and free -- means for local groups to publish and promote their work, and supports their advocacy by helping to organize events, coordinate data collection, storage, publication, and outreach. https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/ **High priority issues:** https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues?labels=priority&page=1&state=open ...


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stefannibrasil "Hello @warren We were able to create this proposal for the Rails Girls Summer of Code after looking into the existing API and the docs on the repos..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
mkashyap354 "Ok @raounak , no problem " | Read more » over 6 years ago
Raounak "Hello @mkashyap354, thanks for replying back. I am working on that part (Timeline). As my university examination are going on (till 28th February) ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
mkashyap354 "Hi @raounak thanks for your proposal. It will be more appreciable If you add more details in your proposal means different stages of work and how y..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
mridulnagpal "I would suggest getting a little familiar with leaflet blurred location, and its demo. Also our main task would be adding information to our maps u..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
sagarpreet "@mridulnagpal...i would love to ! Thanks :) Can you also see the current proposal state . What do you think ? " | Read more » over 6 years ago
mridulnagpal "@sagarpreet @warren Sure I can use some help in upgrading leaflet blurred location. If @sagarpreet is willing to work on it as well, we can extend ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
tech4gt "@warren Updated with the github issues and recent contributions " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "@bansal_sidharth2996 @sagarpreet @vidit @tech4gt @vishesh @namangupta @500swapnil @mridulnagpal thanks everybody! Please check out the link in my l..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
sagarpreet "Hi @bansal_sidharth2996...Thanks so much :) Yes that would be great ! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
tech4gt "@warren yeah that's completely fine, thanks and sorry for late reply i just saw this:-) " | Read more » over 6 years ago
liz "There are now 9 teams! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
bansal_sidharth2996 "@sagarpreet Interesting. I would like to work with you for the socialisation part. I am proposing an idea for OAuth based login. I want to deal wit..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
tech4gt "@warren @liz please review " | Read more » over 6 years ago
mkashyap354 "@adudeja please don't spam. " | Read more » over 6 years ago
vishesh "Thank you for your guidance, I'll keep updating the proposal as time goes by :) " | Read more » over 6 years ago
gauravano "Hi @warren @liz @stevie, please check the demo of reply by email to comments (Part 1) and let me know if anything needs to be added or modified in ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
sagarpreet "Added some wire-frames for more clarity . @warren...actually i am interested in doing Social Media Integration idea (not the OAuth-based Login) bu..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "@mridulnagpal what do you think? " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Hi, i agree with @mkashyap354 -- that would be great to see that -- and there's some advice here on how to do it and why: https://publiclab.org/no..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
sagarpreet "Also i would like to know whether this Soc idea https://publiclab.org/wiki/gsoc-ideas#Interactive+Project+Maps requires Leaflet-Blurred-Location as..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
sagarpreet "@warren...I have added the demo project , kindly see that . Also added a youtube link :-) " | Read more » over 6 years ago
mkashyap354 "Vishesh also break your work in subparts. I mean make a weekly schedule, which will help to work in a efficient way. " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "It'd be great also to link to, and collect ideas from, the relevant milestone: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/milestones and the associated pl..." | Read more » over 6 years ago