This is an open source community effort to develop **simple, low-cost aerial photography** methods for a range of conditions. All open hardware and software efforts are welcome here! There are several sub-categories: * [Balloon mapping](/wiki/balloon-mapping) * [Kite mapping](/wiki/kite-mapping) * [Kite making](/wiki/kite-making) - make your own! * [Pole Mapping](/wiki/pole-mapping) * [MapKnitter](/wiki/mapknitter) - Stitching images into maps! * [Balloon Mapping Materials](/wiki/balloon-mapping-materials) - where to get them! * [Mapping curriculum](/wiki/mapping-curriculum) - a range of useful resources **You can join in by:** * Reading about goals and asking great questions](#Questions) * Trying (and critiquing) our community-made how-to guides * Posting your own how-to guides and mods * Building on others’ work; hack and remix the kits to refine and expand them * Submit your improvements for inclusion in an upcoming starter kit release or add-on * Serving on a Research Review Group for a 3 month period **** ## Activity Grid [activities:aerial-photography] ##Starter Kits Public Lab’s Kits initiative offers starter kits for kite and balloon photography. The point of the kits is to provide a shared reference design for building experimental setups onto. You can also use our guides as a resource for building or purchasing materials of your own. **[Public Lab Store's Aerial Photography and Mapping Kits](http://store.publiclab.org/collections/mapping-kits)** **** ## Questions Ask a question about aerial photography [notes:question:aerial-photography]