*Lead photo: Early experiments in Vermont with the Public Lab's infrared camera tool.* **Vermont is part of the [Northeast region](http://publiclab.org/wiki/northeast).** Public Lab organizers Chris Fastie and Ned Horning are involved in multispectral imaging hardware, multispectral image processing, control and monitoring of airborne cameras, agricultural and vegetation mapping and imaging, and spectroscopy. . . PLOTS and TAC join forces in Vermont Public Laboratory and the Toxics Action Center are collaborating on a project to apply Public Lab tools to several Vermont projects being investigated by TAC. Details of these projects are outlined here. . Recent Events . . LEAFFEST 2014 September 12-14, 2014 [Vermont Fall meetup](http://publiclab.org/tag/leaffest2014) . SNOWFEST 3D 2014 February 22&23, 2014 [Vermont winter meetup](http://publiclab.org/tag/snowfest) . Vermont Environmental Summit November 9, 2013 Chris Fastie led a workshop introducing Public Lab tools. . LEAFFEST 2013 September 7-8, 2013 [Learning Earth Appropriate Fact-Finding Environmental Science Tools](http://publiclab.org/tag/leaffest2013) . iFARM (NH) May 18, 2013 [Aerial and multispectral imaging and mapping for agricultural applications](http://publiclab.org/tag/ifarm) . Middlebury Meetup April 30, 2013 [An informal meeting to fly a camera over the Middlebury College Organic Farm](http://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/05-02-2013/middlebury-meetup) . Montpelier Kite Mapping Workshop April 6, 2013 Chris Fastie led a workshop on aerial mapping with Public Lab tools. . Vermont Environmental Summit November 18, 2012 Chris Fastie led a workshop on aerial mapping with Public Lab tools. . LEAFFEST Low Elevation Aerial Flights For Earth Sensing Technology September 21-23, 2012 Here are some Research Notes on the activities at LEAFFEST 2012....
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| mathew | "I've been manually editing the config file-- the only thing I can't figure out is how to turn on the custom white balance. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Shouldn't it be possible to copy the text config file from Chris's mobius and post it here so Mathew can use it? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Well, I guess that pretty much settles it on the red. I went out flying with only the blue on friday, and haven't processed the results yet. I wa..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Jeff, all of the photos that day were in bright sunshine under cloudless sky. You can see the afternoon progress in the four panel NDVI for Mobius ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Indeed, that last Mobius with a 2007 did not work well for me either. What were the lighting conditions? I tried to stretch the histogram a bit, bu..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| erget | "Nice work! I'll be sure to try it out as soon as I've got my 3D printer :) " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Tom, Yes, meaningless was not the best word choice. The real surprise was that the non-plants consistently had NDVI values higher than plants. That..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ttaylor | "Chris, re the Mobius Rosco2007 image, some comments and questions. By "meaningless" do you mean that the pine board looks so much like the living p..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'm favoriting this because I really like those hooks! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "I know you think i'm an indiscriminate favoriter, but I'm only favoriting this one because I love empiricism and breaking things for science. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Juan, Your bed spring hangups are a good idea. I found these for sale, but even smaller ones would be better. I might have to go looking for old be..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Juan | "Have you tried our FABAhangout http://old.publiclab.org/sites/default/files/FABAhangup.png yet? Yesterday I tested a simple and cheap alternative u..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Pat, I've used Hangups a lot and they are probably the best solution. Brooxes KAP-klips are also proven effective, and may be easier to use. They a..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Chris,you mentioned these in your email about my order. Brooxes Hangups™, are a more expensive but proven solution at $3.50 a pair, from http://www..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "we now ship the smallest aluminum mini-carabiners with our balloon kit. They work great. We can't sell them for less than $1, but a dozen cost $5. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Pat. Here is your Picavet cross starting to print: http://youtu.be/yqeL9IcK3Pg " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Hats off to Chris. The store is working. I've got the Redstone Rig and Picavet kit on order. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I think most small Powershots use an IR block filter that is 8.9 x 7.9 mm. That's the advertised size of the BG3 glass filter I put into an A2200 a..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ttaylor | "Chris, do you remember/know the dimensions of the A2200 hot filter? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I love these. Especially the PE tubing bumpers. stroke of brilliance there, chris. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Very nice results. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Hi Nicholas, These rigs are not nearly as indestructible as a soda bottle rig. The leg brackets are vulnerable to cracking when the legs are stress..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| nicholas | "These look great and I look forward to giving them a go!!! Have you tested them at all yet? Im curious how durable are they compared to the soda ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "you guys :) " | Read more » | over 10 years ago |