*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 | "Yes! " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Maybe if I designate one type (1/4" ID) for use with the dowels and the other (5/16" ID) for use with the tubing that would be easier to follow? Wh..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Does this link work for the Crown Point Fort: https://recap360.autodesk.com/fireflyviewer/9a913fba007443a18cf11f4f16086a9c " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "thanks. and thanks for sharing the folder. I'm trying to put together the pole mapping assets I have into Recap for the group to work with. " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Mathew, their server is not being responsive. Maybe wait a while. " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "hrm... I'm not able to pull up the fort link on Recap: https://recap.autodesk.com/gallery/project/591/crown-point-fort-35 " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "most of the parts in the kit are duplicates, as are most of the assembly tasks. Do you think more careful bagging of the tube clamps would help? I..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Great notes, Chris! Thanks for the specific instruction and design feedback. I'm going to have to dig in to some of these in more depth. I love the..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "This is awesome, Chris! Thanks for the great feedback! It seems I missed the nylon washers for the vinyl tube clamp for the silly putty mechanism...." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| liz | "This is amazing documentation Chris!!!! " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "Maybe we can make an aerie of ourselves and Documentation Day spelled out in tomatoes... i'm excited for it! " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's a great idea to do a Documentation Day at LEAFFEST. It might require an entire day to wrestle the activity grids into shape. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi Chris - OSHWA is organizing an October-long "documentation month" where different groups host 3h group hardware documentation sessions. We were ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| liz | "me too! Trying to organize a van from NYC -- thanks for setting up that rideshare spreadsheet :) " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "I'll be there! Looking forward to it! " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I was able to download the mesh from 123D catch. If it proves equivalent, then maybe that's the free way to get the model. We'll have to ask duri..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "posted: https://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/07-08-2016/notes-on-assembling-an-aerobee-rig " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I'd love to see your assembly notes. I just updated the assembly guide and parts list (http://www.kaptery.com/guides/). I can easily incorporate yo..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I can't wait to get mine flying. I assembled it a few weeks ago and really love the design too. Chris, I have some notes on the assembly instruct..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Ecta64. It's also really easy and fun. A great way to get photos for aerial panoramas. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "I am also very curious how much temperature affects the batteries in very low current applications. I haven't found good documentation about that. ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "This is probably not the best data set to do calculus on. The air temperature data is from a sensor in a jug suspended above the pile, and the batt..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Yay, data!! Neat observation about the battery voltage and the temperature. Makes me want to compare the rate of battery voltage drop to the temp..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "What do you guys do a your job other than gaming search? " | Read more » | over 8 years ago |