Read about cutting edge techniques in hacking environmental science in our **"Grassroots Mapping Forum"**, our community research journal/archive/zine/map, where we share ideas, techniques, and stories from the Public Lab community.
The Grassroots Mapping Forum is printed on a 22.75x35" sheet of acid-free paper, and includes a full color reproduction of a grassroots map along with essays, illustrated guides, and interviews. It's a great way to stay abreast of the latest in the DIY environmental science movement.
_cover image by Chris Eichler during Occupy Wall Street May Day 2012_
Links provided to online versions of most articles.
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##Issue #7 The 5 Year Anniversary Issue (May 2015)
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[Public Lab Five Year Retrospective](http://publiclab.org/wiki/public-lab-five-year-retrospective-by-shannon-dosemagen) by [Shannon Dosemagen](http://publiclab.org/profile/shannon)
[How to Get Involved with Public Lab](http://publiclab.org/wiki/how-to-get-involved-with-public-lab-illustrated) illustrated by [Molly Danielsson](www.mollydanielsson.com)
[A History of Crediting Hardware Contributions](http://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/03-26-2015/a-history-of-crediting-contributions) by [Mathew Lippincott](http://publiclab.org/profile/mathew)
[Growing & Sustaining the Public Lab Software Development Community](http://publiclab.org/wiki/growing-sustaining-the-public-lab-software-development-community) by [Justin Manley](www.publiclab.org/profile/justinmanley), [Bryan Bonvallet](http://publiclab.org/profile/btbonval), [Jeff Warren](www.publiclab.org/profile/jeff), and [Molly Danielsson](www.mollydanielsson.com)
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##Issue #6 The Waste Issue (Q3 2014)
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Issue 6 explores trash in all its many forms.
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[Download the centerfold featuring an activity for estimating the volume of your local landfill](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/006/719/original/GM_Forum_20140909_Estimating_Trash_Piles.pdf")
* A full color map or the Trans-Load America Pondview Waste Facility.
* [Touch, Collect, Display, Order, Mesasure, Map, Inflate, and Build with Waste!](http://publiclab.org/wiki/touch-collect-display-order-measure-map-inflate-and-build-with-waste) by ([Pablo Rey Mazón](http://publiclab.org/profile/pablo), Basurama)
* [Mapping Waste When Waste is Invisible](http://publiclab.org/wiki/mapping-waste-when-waste-is-invisible) ([Max Liboiron](http://maxliboiron.com/))
* [Detritivore Design](http://publiclab.org/wiki/detritivore-design-by-mathew-lippincott) ([Mathew Lippincott](http://publiclab.org/profile/mathew))
* [Connecting with our Landfills](http://publiclab.org/wiki/connecting-with-our-landfills-by-nicholas-johnson) ([Nicholas Johnson](http://publiclab.org/profile/nicholas))
* [Estimating the Volume and Weight of Waste](http://publiclab.org/wiki/estimating-the-volume-and-weight-of-waste-piles) ([Holden Sparacino](http://publiclab.org/profile/Holden))
* Saugus Ash Landfill, MA ([Pablo Rey Mazón](http://publiclab.org/profile/pablo))
* 3D Modelling Waste Piles with SFM ([Pat Coyle](http://publiclab.org/profile/patcoyle))
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##Issue #5 The International Issue (Q2 2014)

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Issue 5 is focused on highlighting the Public Lab community around the world. It's also our first edition printed in color.
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[Download a PDF copy of the Map of Silwan](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/877/original/Silwan_Map_PDF_for_web.pdf")
* [Full color map of Silwan](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/877/original/Silwan_Map_PDF_for_web.pdf), Jerusalem created through participatory mapping with children from Silwan.
* La Valld'Uixó cover by Basurama (Pablo Rey Mazón and Rubén Lorenzo) using MapKnitter.
* [Thoughts on Better Tools for Mapping](http://publiclab.org/notes/hagitkeysar/11-18-2013/where-do-the-maps-go) from [Hagit Keysar](/profile/hagitkeysar) in Jerusalem.
* [Interview](http://publiclab.org/wiki/revealing-the-invisible-in-spain) with [Pablo Rey Mazón](/profile/pablol), developer at montera34.com and waste researcher with Basurama by [Shannon Dosemagen](/profile/shannon)
* [Exploring Science Beyond Exams in Hong Kong](http://publiclab.org/wiki/exploring-science-beyond-exams-in-hong-kong) by Fan Lok-yi
* [Mapping along the Rio Hondo River in Belize](http://publiclab.org/wiki/mapping-along-the-rio-hondo-river-in-belize) by [Pat Coyle](/profile/patcoyle)
* [Tools for Stalling Eviction](http://publiclab.org/notes/mlamadrid/05-15-2013/tool-for-stalling-mapping) by María del Carmen Lamadrid.
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##Issue #4 (fall 2013)
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Issue 4 is focused on long term research in the **New York City chapter**.
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* Full color maps featuring sewage overflows in the Gowanus Canal and oyster reef restoration in the Bronx River
* [Tracking recreated wetlands in Jamaica Bay](http://publiclab.org/wiki/tracking-recreated-wetlands-in-jamaica-bay-gena-wirth-and-the-dredge-collaborative) with [Gena Wirth](/profiles/gwirth) and the Dredge Collective
* Jamaica Bay cover illustration by [Gena Wirth](/profiles/gwirth)
* [Interview with founding board member and New York City research lead](http://publiclab.org/wiki/eymund-diegel-finds-the-fun-in-super-fund) [Eymund Diegel](/profile/eymund-diegel) by [Shannon Dosemagen](/profile/shannon)
* [Two-tether mapping method](http://publiclab.org/wiki/glam-two-tether-balloon-method-navigating-urban-waterways) by [Natasia Sidharta](/profile/natasia)
* [GLAM Mission](http://publiclab.org/wiki/the-mission-of-glam-gowanus-low-altitude-mappers) by Hans Hesselein
* [Five Borough Farm](http://publiclab.org/wiki/five-borough-farm-measuring-impact) by [Philip Silva](/profile/p_silva_82) and [Liz Barry](/profile/liz)
* and much more!
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##Issue #3 (spring 2013)
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Issue 3 is an in depth look at **community organizing in the Public Lab community**.
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* A full color, wall-ready [map of downtown Oakland](http://publiclab.org/map/occupy-oakland-10am/2011-11-02) and of [UC Davis](http://publiclab.org/map/occupy-uc-davis-nov-21-2011/2011-11-21) during the Occupy protests with notes from the cartographer and mappers
* [An interview with citizen scientist organizer Cindy Regalado](http://publiclab.org/wiki/extreme-citizen-science-at-university-college-of-london) ([Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon))
* [Protest Mapping](http://publiclab.org/wiki/protest-mapping-by-oscar-brett) ([Oscar Brett](/people/Oscar-Brett))
* Organizing Public Lab ([Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon))
* [Open Sourcing Jerusalem?](http://publiclab.org/wiki/open-sourcing-jerusalem) ([Hagit Keysar](/people/hagitkeysar))
* Barnstars! ([Liz Barry](/people/liz))
* [Civic and Citizen Science: the Cocodrie Barnraising heats up](http://publiclab.org/wiki/civic-and-citizen-science-the-cocodrie-barnraising-heats-up) (dialog from the Public Lab 2012 Barnraising)
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##Issue #2 (summer 2012)
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* A full color wall-ready [map of the Chandeleur Islands](/map/chandeleur-islands-louisiana/2010-05-09) with notes from the ground and bios of the mappers.
* [UAS Ethics: A dialogue on Unpiloted Aerial System](http://publiclab.org/wiki/unpiloted-aerial-systems-ethics) (drone) ethics between privacy lawyers, drone developers, and balloon-loving grassroots mappers. (ed. [Mathew Lippincott](/people/mathew), including [Amie Stepanovich](https://twitter.com/astepanovich) and [Coby Leuschke](http://cglusky.com))
* [DIY Near-Infrared Imaging](http://publiclab.org/wiki/diy-near-infrared-imaging) ([Chris Fastie](/people/cfastie) and [Jeff Warren](/people/warren))
* [An interview with](http://publiclab.org/wiki/interview-with-scott-eustis-of-the-gulf-restoration-network) [Scott Eustis](/people/eustatic) [of the Gulf Restoration Network](http://publiclab.org/wiki/interview-with-scott-eustis-of-the-gulf-restoration-network) ([Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon))
* Quick, fun activities you can do to get involved in Grassroots Mapping!
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##Issue #1 (summer 2011)
**Sold out!**
* A full color wall-ready map of an island in Barataria Bay showing oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
* An interview with Gulf Coast resident Barbara Marcotte (Shannon Dosemagen
* Details on how to get started balloon or kite mapping (Jeff Warren)
* _[Reimagining the data lifecycle](/notes/warren/07-01-2014/reimagining-the-data-lifecycle)_ by [Shannon Dosemagen](/profile/shannon) and [Jeff Warren](/profile/warren)
Pre-press version (not the final edition which went to press):
gmf-1-prepress-small.pdf
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###Get involved
Learn about and get involved in writing, editing, publishing, promoting, and distributing the forum on [the forum planning page](/wiki/forum-planning).
###Using Content from Grassroots Mapping Forum
The Forum is a [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) licensed document. If you'd like to use content from it, go ahead! Mathew can provide high-res artwork and original files if those are helpful to you, just send an e-mail to mathew@publiclab.org.
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