A major goal of Public Laboratory is to produce simple and easy guides to construct many of our low-cost tools. Here are some of the illustrated guides, tutorials, and other supporting materials we've put together so far:

##Illustrated Guides to Grassroots Mapping with balloons and kites##

* [Grassroots Mapping Guide 2.0](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BJxYKVYdUimf5s3hOVoQCWPoj1UinaIaAEKF65Q2pbc/edit), ([1mb pdf](https://publiclab.org/sites/default/files/Grassroots_Mapping_English_2_0_0.pdf)) - This improved version of the guide is more concise (prints on 4 pages, or a single 11x17 sheet, double sided) and has been updated with more recent, simpler, more reliable techniques. It is available for anyone to edit or modify as a Google Doc. 
* http://grassrootsmapping.org/guide - Our first illustrated guide attempts to thoroughly explain how to construct and use a [balloon mapping](/tool/balloon-mapping) kit.

##Balloon Mapping Quick Start Guide##
we made this one specifically for filling and flying our balloon kit, but the flying info is generally applicable.
[PDF download here](/sites/default/files/BalloonMappingQuickStartGuide1English.pdf)

##Balloon Mapping Flight Checklist & Packing Lists##
Sequential to-do lists and packing lists for every step of the process.  Do it right every time! use a list.
[PDF download here](/sites/default/files/BAPpre-flightchecklistpackinglist.pdf)

###Translations###

* **Castellano/Spanish**: [Guía ilustrada de hacer mapas con globos o cometas](https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVY4Tg28DhosZGM0OHd6M2RfMjYwZ2JiMnJwZDQ&hl=en_US)
  * [PDF (1mb, 4 pages)](/sites/default/files/Grassroots_Mapping_Castellano_2_0.pdf)
* **Portuguese**: [Guia ilustrado para Mapear Comunidades de base com balões e pipas](https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0Aeyey6nGYeyiZHF4NnNoZF8wZnEzNmo4aHM&hl=en_US)
  * [PDF (1mb, 4 pages)](	
https://publiclab.org/sites/default/files/Grassroots_Mapping_Brazilian_Portugese_1_0.pdf)
* **Georgian** (older 5 page version): [PDF (26mb)](http://grassrootsmapping.org/guides/grassroots-mapping-guide-ge.pdf)
* מדריך מאוייר למיפוי עצמאי עם בלונים או עפיפונים (older 5 page version): [A4 PDF (3.1mb)](http://grassrootsmapping.org/guides/grassroots-mapping-guide-heb-a4.pdf), [Letter-sized PDF](http://grassrootsmapping.org/guide/grassroots-mapping-guide-heb-let.pdf)
* **Korean**: [see research note by Jaekyung Lee](http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/leejaekyung/11-30-2011/balloon-mapping-tutorial-korean)
* **Chilean**: [external site](http://www.ciudadanointeligente.cl/marcha/armatuglobo.html)

##Spectrometer Guides##

* Latest "video spectrometer" guide: http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/video-spectrometer-construction
* Making a [spectrometer](/tool/spectrometer): 
  * [plots-spectrometer-guide.pdf](http://publiclaboratory.org/downloads/plots-spectrometer-guide.pdf) (17.4mb)
  * [plots-spectrometer-guide-small.pdf](http://publiclaboratory.org/downloads/plots-spectrometer-guide-small.pdf) (4.3kb)
  * [Parts and Crafts](http://partsandcrafts.org/) revised spectrometry booklet (fantastic!): http://archive.publiclaboratory.org/download/partsandcrafts-spectrometer-guide.pdf (21mb, print quality)

##In progress##

We're constantly improving and exploring new ways of documenting and disseminating our designs. Here are some prototypes and planning pages:

* [T-shirt guide](/wiki/t-shirt-guide) - A t-shirt with instructions for balloon mapping printed on it.

**In-progress Translations:**

* Arabic: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVY4Tg28DhosZGM0OHd6M2RfMjU5Y3o2NXEzZG0&hl=en_US