##Publications##
"From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11
"Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10
"Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10
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##Publications##
"From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11
"Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10
"Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10
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##Publications##
"From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11
"Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10
"Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10
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##Publications##
"From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11
"Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10
"Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10
"DIY Mappers offer remarkable images of Gulf Coast oil spill" [PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/diy-mappers-offer-remarkable-images-of-gulf-coast-oil-spill132.html) - Jeff Warren, 5/12/10
[Opensource.com](http://opensource.com/life/10/6/mapping-oil-spill-open-source-way) - Jeff Warren, 6/3/10
##Presentations & Events##
**June 22, 2011**- Cambridge, Massachusetts - Shannon Dosemagen and Adam Griffith, talk and workshop at the MIT Knight conference
**May 6-7, 2011** - Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis
* Cambridge, Massachusetts - Liz Barry and Jeff Warren, [talk & workshop](/wiki/2011-harvard-gca-conference), "Community-based approaches to high-resolution multispectral imaging with balloons" & "How to make your own aerial imagery for $100"
**April 7, 2011** - University of Georgia Athens, Roosevelt Institute for Public Policy, Shannon Dosemagen keynote and panelist on emergency preparedness and policy response
**Mar 25, 2011** - Trade School @ the Whitney Museum of American Art
* New York City: Public Laboratory will be [teaching a class](/wiki/whitney-trade-school-class) on [DIY Spectrometry](/tool/spectrometer) at the Whitney starting at 7pm.
**March 4, 2011** - BLUE on Tour- Auburn University, Alabama
* 1:00 - 2:30pm, [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon) - "Master Class: Innovations in Aerial-Mapping Technology"
* http://publiclaboratory.org/event/3-4-2011/blue-tour-auburn-university-alabama
**Feb 11, 2011** - Tech@State Open Source conference
* US Department of State - [Jeffrey Warren](/people/warren), ""
* Subsequent unconference organized by US Dept. of State - [Liz Barry](/people/liz), [Leif Percifield](/people/lpercifield), "Citizen Science"
**Jan 22, 2011** - California Map Society
* UCLA Clark Library - [Stewart Long](/people/gonzoearth)
**Nov 18, 2010** - Personal Democracy Forum Latin America
* Santiago, Chile - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren)
**Nov 12, 2010** - Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science
* Pittsburgh - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren) [http://www.cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/](cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/)
**Oct 31-Nov 3, 2010** - Geologic Society of America, Denver Annual Meeting
* Denver - [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon)
* [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm](gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm)
**Oct 1-3, 2010** International Conference on Crisis Mapping
* Boston - Jeff Warren - [http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda](crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda)
**Aug 12, 2010** - Ignite Spatial
* Boston, MA - Jeff Warren [http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html](ignite.oreilly.com)
**June 3-4, 2010** - Personal Democracy Forum
* New York, NY - Jeff Warren
**May 19 2010** Crisis Mappers Network Webcast
* GeoTime webcast - Jeff Warren - [http://www.geotime.com/cmnet.aspx](Mapping the Gulf Oil Spill With Balloons & Kites)
##Press##
Creative Applications Network: [Mediated Landscapes 03: DIY Cartography (Theory)](http://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/mediated-cityscapes-03-diy-cartography-theory/)- Greg J. Smith, 8-11
Tech President: [How DIY Science is Solving Ecological Mysteries in New York City](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/how-diy-science-solving-ecological-mysteries-new-york-city)- Nick Judd, 8-25-11
BBC Click: [How to Create Your Own Aerial Map](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555369.stm)- 8-19-11
BBC Radio: [Laura Sheeter Talks About Aerial Photos: Did you know you could now take your own aerial pictures? Join Laura on an aerial view of New Orleans](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j4dq8#p00jkrtp)- Laura Sheeter, 8-3-11
Grist: [In the future, cleaning robots will sniff out air pollution](http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-18-in-the-future-cleaning-robots-will-sniff-out-air-pollution)- Jess Zimmerman, 7-18-11
Technology Review: [Robot lights up at pollution](http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38059/page1/#photo)- Kristina Grifantini, 7-17-11
PBS MediaShift IdeaLab: [MIT Produces a String of Civic Media Success Stories](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/mit-produces-a-string-of-civic-media-success-stories072.html) - Chris Csikszentmihályi, 3-14-11
Good Magazine: [Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good](http://www.good.is/post/grassroots-mapping-how-you-can-create-aerial-cartography-for-under-100-and-use-it-to-do-good/) - Ben Jervey, 3-7-11
LifeHacker: [Weekend Project: DIY Balloon Aerial Photography on the Cheap](http://lifehacker.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5765075/diy-balloon-aerial-photography-on-the-cheap) - Adam Pash, 2-17-11
Wilamette Week: [Local Designer To Build Balloons To Help Document Gulf Oil Spill](http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-1086-local_designer_to_build_balloons_to_help_document_.html) - Ron Knox, 6-25-2010
SolveClimate News: [$100 Aerial Mapping Technique Finding Multiple Uses, Grassroots Interest](http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20110215/100-aerial-mapping-technique-finding-multiple-uses-grassroots-interest) with [slideshow](http://solveclimatenews.com/slideshow/story-grassroots-mapping) - Lisa Song, 2-15-11
Brooklyn Eagle: [D.I.Y Mapping of the Gowanus?](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=40985) - Mike Weiss, 1/27/11
OnEarth Magazine: [Mapping the Grassroots](http://www.onearth.org/article/mapping-the-grassroots) - Alan Burdick, 1/27/11
[CBS News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERceRSjd7w&feature=related)
[ABC News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FO8vjkdOg&feature=player_embedded#)
[Boston Globe](http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/09/05/gov_20_advocates_put_government_technology_together_to_find_solutions/?page=full) - D.C. Denison, 9/05/10
[Associated Press](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80) - BARBARA ORTUTAY, 9/19/10
[abc.net](http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2010/3007041.htm) - (australia) - 9/16/10
[Guilty Planet](http://scienceblogs.com/guiltyplanet/2010/07/grassroots_mapping.php) - "Balloon on the Bayou: Grassroots Mapping in Bay Baptiste" - Jennifer L. Jacquet, 7/13/10
[france24.com](http://www.france24.com/en/20100618-oil-spill-africa-philippines) - 6/18/10
Engadget: [MIT-based Grassroots Mapping mapping the oil spill with digital camera, kites](http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/mit-based-grassroots-mapping-mapping-the-oil-spill-with-digital/) - Laura June, 6/17/10
[The Takeaway](http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jun/15/grasping-size-oil-leak-one-photo-at-time/) - Noel King, 6/15/10
Inhabitat: [DIY Kite Photographs the Gulf Oil Spill to Map its True Size](http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/10/diy-kite-photographs-the-gulf-oil-spill-to-map-the-spills-true-size/) - Britt Liggett, 6/10/10
NYTimes bits blog: [Taking On the Gulf Oil Spill With Kites and Cameras](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/hacking-the-gulf-oil-spill-with-kites-and-cameras/)
[green.blogs.nytimes.com](http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/oil-spill-resources/) - Jeremy Zilar,
[WGBH Boston](http://www.wgbh.org/897/programDetail.cfm?programid=854) - 6/7/10
[WBUR Boston](http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/27/want-to-make-your-own-kite-cam-heres-how) - Andrew Phelps, 5/27/10
[JustMeans.com](http://www.justmeans.com/Start-up-Uses-Kites-Map-Impact-of-Oil-Spill/17287.html) - Marcia Stepanek, 6/5/10
[Daily Kos](http://webkit.dailykos.com/stories/2010/5/27/870335/-We-Have-Something-the-People-in-Alaska-Didnt.html) - Crashing Vor, 5/27/10
[Earth2tech](http://earth2tech.com/2010/06/05/weekend-ecohack-grassroots-mapping-of-the-bp-oil-spill/) - Katie Fehrenbacher, 6/5/10
[MIT News Office](http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/oil-balloon-0517.html) - David Chandler, 5/17/10
[PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/balloon-mapping-the-oil-spill-proves-responsive-open-source138.html) - Andrew Whitacre, 5/19/10
[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/06/crowdsource.gulf.oil/index.html) - John Sutter, 5/6/10
[Mashable](http://mashable.com/2010/05/15/social-media-oil-spill/) - Geoff Livingston, 5/15/10
[TechPresident](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/people-vs-deepwater-horizon-oil-mess) - Nancy Scola, May 27, 2010
[PopTech](http://poptech.org/blog/crude_awakening_–_new_technologies_being_used_to_stop_and_track_the_oil_spill_and_what_you_can_do_to_help) - Sloane Berrent, 6/1/10
[AOL Autos](http://autos.aol.com/article/oil-spill-gas-prices/) - Kevin Ransom, 6/3/10
[WorldChanging](http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011208.html) - \WorldChanging Team, 5/25/10
[TreeHugger](http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/08/innovative-mapping-project-tracks-gulf-oil-with-kites-and-balloons.php), 8/25/10