Revisions for Advocacy with Maps
| 4 CURRENT | bhamster |
June 24, 2021 16:18
| almost 3 years ago
Mapping offers a way to share and create knowledge about a place. Making a map to document and describe a local issue is often a helpful first step in community science because it can be done collaboratively, represent all kinds of information—from environmental pollution to cultural resources—and show what people close to the issue already know. Maps are a helpful communication tool in community organizing and advocacy, and you might want to create a map for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. On this wiki page, we’re collecting some of the different ways that you can take action with maps. And while thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a specific purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place! And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. Follow along and get updates on this topic by following Please add to these resources by editing this page, adding and answering questions below, or adding your own activity or story! Lead image: infrared balloon mapping image of the Gowanus Canal, from this post by @liz
On this page you'll find:
Getting started activitiesIt can be helpful to start a mapping project by thinking and talking about what you want to make a map of, why you want to map a particular place, and who the map will be for. What new information do you wish to provide with a map? The resources and activities below offer some ways to get started with answering these questions before you start gathering equipment and tools for mapping. Defining advocacy goalsFor any community science project, it helps to start with determining your goals. This will help you figure out which smaller steps to take to achieve your goals—in the case of mapping, your goals might influence whether you capture your own aerial images to make a map or use existing maps to build upon. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:start-advocacy] Below in the section called “Using your maps and aerial images,” you’ll find more information on using maps for specific purposes or audiences. Figuring out where to mapIf you can, visit the site or talk to people who live there. If you plan to do balloon or kite mapping, look for potential sites to launch or fly from, and check wind and weather patterns at the site. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:where-to-map] How to choose a mapping toolHow to decide on a tool for mapping: for capturing your own aerial images, this activity includes information on open DIY methods for balloon, kite, and pole mapping, and when each tool works best and their limitations. If you’d like to use existing maps and digital tools to create maps, rather than capturing your own aerial images, check out the section called "Other ways to map" below. Tools and methods for DIY mappingAerial photographyThe wiki pages and posts listed here are rich resources on how to capture your own aerial images of a place. By capturing your own aerial images, you get the most current information on the exact location you’re interested in. 
Aerial photography wikiOrganizes information on balloon mapping, kite mapping, and pole mapping, as well as activities and questions on aerial photography. Within the balloon, kite, and pole mapping wikis, you’ll find information on how to assemble and use these different mapping tools. 
How to map wikiWritten as a workshop, this wiki describes 3 activities that’ll get you mapping: 1) decide on which type of mapping you will do, 2) prepare your mapping materials, and 3) go map! 
MapKnitter wikiInformation on MapKnitter.org, Public Lab’s free and open source software tool for combining several aerial images into a map that you can view online and print. 
Host a balloon mapping workshopMap with other people! This activity outlines how to get people together to map. Other ways to map
You can also use existing open or publicly available maps if you don’t want or need to capture your own aerial images.
Using your maps and aerial imagesYou might want to use your maps for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. To help illustrate some of the many ways maps can be used for advocacy, we highlight some of the different ways that maps can be used below. While thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a single purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place. And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. General information on advocacy and mapsWetlands advocacy wiki: this wiki is part of the Wetlands Toolkit, but outlines a workshop and general information on some different advocacy goals and the ways that community-collected aerial maps can support those goals. Annotating mapsPutting words, arrows, and drawings on a map can help explain and illuminate what the map shows. How to make your own community annotated map!: a step-by-step activity on making annotated maps by @julia_e_masters. See what’s tagged with
Image: annotated map of Bayou Manchac sewerage problem, from this post by @eustatic Maps to guide environmental monitoring and study designExamples:
Images from this research note by @ewilder, showing an aerial map of locations where photopaper is darkened by hydrogen sulfide. Maps to raise awareness or start a campaignExamples:
Maps to tell a story about or understand a placeExamples:
Image: a form of pole-mapping to capture images of rocky intertidal shorelines for the TIDES project, described in this post by @RosaL Maps for communicating with or reporting to government agencies and representativesExamples:
Maps as evidenceExamples:
Image: balloon mapping water flow in the Gowanus Canal with the help of red food dye, from a comment in this post by @eymund ProjectsWiki pages tagged with [wikis:project:advocacy-with-maps] ActivitiesActivities on Public Lab tagged with [activities:advocacy-with-maps] QuestionsQuestions tagged with [questions:advocacy-with-maps] Additional references and resources
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| 3 | bhamster |
June 23, 2021 19:18
| almost 3 years ago
Mapping offers a way to share and create knowledge about a place. Making a map to document and describe a local issue is often a helpful first step in community science because it can be done collaboratively, represent all kinds of information—from environmental pollution to cultural resources—and show what people close to the issue already know. Maps are a helpful communication tool in community organizing and advocacy, and you might want to create a map for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. On this wiki page, we’re collecting some of the different ways that you can take action with maps. And while thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a specific purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place! And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. Follow along and get updates on this topic by following Please add to these resources by editing this page, adding and answering questions below, or adding your own activity or story! Lead image: infrared balloon mapping image of the Gowanus Canal, from this post by @liz
On this page you'll find:
Getting started activitiesIt can be helpful to start a mapping project by thinking and talking about what you want to make a map of, why you want to map a particular place, and who the map will be for. What new information do you wish to provide with a map? The resources and activities below offer some ways to get started with answering these questions before you start gathering equipment and tools for mapping. Defining advocacy goalsFor any community science project, it helps to start with determining your goals. This will help you figure out which smaller steps to take to achieve your goals—in the case of mapping, your goals might influence whether you capture your own aerial images to make a map or use existing maps to build upon. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:start-advocacy] Below in the section called “Using your maps and aerial images,” you’ll find more information on using maps for specific purposes or audiences. Figuring out where to mapIf you can, visit the site or talk to people who live there. If you plan to do balloon or kite mapping, look for potential sites to launch or fly from, and check wind and weather patterns at the site. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:where-to-map] How to choose a mapping toolHow to decide on a tool for mapping: for capturing your own aerial images, this activity includes information on open DIY methods for balloon, kite, and pole mapping, and when each tool works best and their limitations. If you’d like to use existing maps and digital tools to create maps, rather than capturing your own aerial images, check out the section called "Other ways to map" below. Tools and methods for DIY mappingAerial photographyThe wiki pages and posts listed here are rich resources on how to capture your own aerial images of a place. By capturing your own aerial images, you get the most current information on the exact location you’re interested in.
Aerial photography wikiOrganizes information on balloon mapping, kite mapping, and pole mapping, as well as activities and questions on aerial photography. Within the balloon, kite, and pole mapping wikis, you’ll find information on how to assemble and use these different mapping tools.
How to map wikiWritten as a workshop, this wiki describes 3 activities that’ll get you mapping: 1) decide on which type of mapping you will do, 2) prepare your mapping materials, and 3) go map!
MapKnitter wikiInformation on MapKnitter.org, Public Lab’s free and open source software tool for combining several aerial images into a map that you can view online and print.
Host a balloon mapping workshopMap with other people! This activity outlines how to get people together to map. Other ways to map
You can also use existing open or publicly available maps if you don’t want or need to capture your own aerial images.
Using your maps and aerial imagesYou might want to use your maps for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. To help illustrate some of the many ways maps can be used for advocacy, we highlight some of the different ways that maps can be used below. While thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a single purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place. And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. General information on advocacy and mapsWetlands advocacy wiki: this wiki is part of the Wetlands Toolkit, but outlines a workshop and general information on some different advocacy goals and the ways that community-collected aerial maps can support those goals. Annotating mapsPutting words, arrows, and drawings on a map can help explain and illuminate what the map shows. How to make your own community annotated map!: a step-by-step activity on making annotated maps by @julia_e_masters. See what’s tagged with
Image: annotated map of Bayou Manchac sewerage problem, from this post by @eustatic Maps to guide environmental monitoring and study designExamples:
Images from this research note by @ewilder, showing an aerial map of locations where photopaper is darkened by hydrogen sulfide. Maps to raise awareness or start a campaignExamples:
Maps to tell a story about or understand a placeExamples:
Image: a form of pole-mapping to capture images of rocky intertidal shorelines for the TIDES project, described in this post by @RosaL Maps for communicating with or reporting to government agencies and representativesExamples:
Maps as evidenceExamples:
Image: balloon mapping water flow in the Gowanus Canal with the help of red food dye, from a comment in this post by @eymund ProjectsWiki pages tagged with [wikis:project:advocacy-with-maps] ActivitiesActivities on Public Lab tagged with [activities:advocacy-with-maps] QuestionsQuestions tagged with [questions:advocacy-with-maps] Additional references and resources
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| 2 | bhamster |
June 21, 2021 21:32
| almost 3 years ago
Mapping offers a way to share and create knowledge about a place. Making a map to document and describe a local issue is often a helpful first step in community science because it can be done collaboratively, represent all kinds of information—from environmental pollution to cultural resources—and show what people close to the issue already know. Maps are a helpful communication tool in community organizing and advocacy, and you might want to create a map for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. On this wiki page, we’re collecting some of the different ways that you can take action with maps. And while thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a specific purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place! And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. Follow along and get updates on this topic by following Please add to these resources by editing this page, adding and answering questions below, or adding your own activity or story! Lead image: infrared balloon mapping image of the Gowanus Canal, from this post by @liz
On this page you'll find:
Getting started activitiesIt can be helpful to start a mapping project by thinking and talking about what you want to make a map of, why you want to map a particular place, and who the map will be for. What new information do you wish to provide with a map? The resources and activities below offer some ways to get started with answering these questions before you start gathering equipment and tools for mapping. Defining advocacy goalsFor any community science project, it helps to start with determining your goals. This will help you figure out which smaller steps to take to achieve your goals—in the case of mapping, your goals might influence whether you capture your own aerial images to make a map or use existing maps to build upon. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:start-advocacy] Below in the section called “Using your maps and aerial images,” you’ll find more information on using maps for specific purposes or audiences. Figuring out where to mapIf you can, visit the site or talk to people who live there. If you plan to do balloon or kite mapping, look for potential sites to launch or fly from, and check wind and weather patterns at the site. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:where-to-map] How to choose a mapping toolHow to decide on a tool for mapping: for capturing your own aerial images, this activity includes information on open DIY methods for balloon, kite, and pole mapping, and when each tool works best and their limitations. If you’d like to use existing maps and digital tools to create maps, rather than capturing your own aerial images, check out the section called "Other ways to map" below. Tools and methods for DIY mappingAerial photographyThe wiki pages and posts listed here are rich resources on how to capture your own aerial images of a place. By capturing your own aerial images, you get the most current information on the exact location you’re interested in.
Aerial photography wikiOrganizes information on balloon mapping, kite mapping, and pole mapping, as well as activities and questions on aerial photography. Within the balloon, kite, and pole mapping wikis, you’ll find information on how to assemble and use these different mapping tools.
How to map wikiWritten as a workshop, this wiki describes 3 activities that’ll get you mapping: 1) decide on which type of mapping you will do, 2) prepare your mapping materials, and 3) go map!
MapKnitter wikiInformation on MapKnitter.org, Public Lab’s free and open source software tool for combining several aerial images into a map that you can view online and print.
Host a balloon mapping workshopMap with other people! This activity outlines how to get people together to map. Other ways to map
You can also use existing open or publicly available maps if you don’t want or need to capture your own aerial images.
Using your maps and aerial imagesYou might want to use your maps for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. To help illustrate some of the many ways maps can be used for advocacy, we highlight some of the different ways that maps can be used below. While thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a single purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place. And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. General information on advocacy and mapsWetlands advocacy wiki: this wiki is part of the Wetlands Toolkit, but outlines a workshop and general information on some different advocacy goals and the ways that community-collected aerial maps can support those goals. Annotating mapsPutting words, arrows, and drawings on a map can help explain and illuminate what the map shows. How to make your own community annotated map!: a step-by-step activity on making annotated maps by @julia_e_masters. See what’s tagged with
Image: annotated map of Bayou Manchac sewerage problem, from this post by @eustatic Maps to guide environmental monitoring and study designExamples:
Images from this research note by @ewilder, showing an aerial map of locations where photopaper is darkened by hydrogen sulfide. Maps to raise awareness or start a campaignExamples:
Maps to tell a story about or understand a placeExamples:
Image: a form of pole-mapping to capture images of rocky intertidal shorelines for the TIDES project, described in this post by @RosaL Maps for communicating with or reporting to government agencies and representativesExamples:
Maps as evidenceExamples:
Image: balloon mapping water flow in the Gowanus Canal with the help of red food dye, from a comment in this post by @eymund ActivitiesActivities on Public Lab tagged with [activities:advocacy-with-maps] QuestionsQuestions tagged with [questions:advocacy-with-maps] Additional references and resources
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| 1 | bhamster |
June 21, 2021 21:30
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Mapping offers a way to share and create knowledge about a place. Making a map to document and describe a local issue is often a helpful first step in community science because it can be done collaboratively, represent all kinds of information—from environmental pollution to cultural resources—and show what people close to the issue already know. Maps are a helpful communication tool in community organizing and advocacy, and you might want to create a map for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. On this wiki page, we’re collecting some of the different ways that you can take action with maps. And while thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a specific purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place! And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. Follow along and get updates on this topic by following Please add to these resources by editing this page, adding and answering questions below, or adding your own activity or story! Lead image: infrared balloon mapping image of the Gowanus Canal, from this post by @liz
On this page you'll find:
Getting started activitiesIt can be helpful to start a mapping project by thinking and talking about what you want to make a map of, why you want to map a particular place, and who the map will be for. What new information do you wish to provide with a map? The resources and activities below offer some ways to get started with answering these questions before you start gathering equipment and tools for mapping. Defining advocacy goalsFor any community science project, it helps to start with determining your goals. This will help you figure out which smaller steps to take to achieve your goals—in the case of mapping, your goals might influence whether you capture your own aerial images to make a map or use existing maps to build upon. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:start-advocacy] Below in the section called “Using your maps and aerial images,” you’ll find more information on using maps for specific purposes or audiences. Figuring out where to mapIf you can, visit the site or talk to people who live there. If you plan to do balloon or kite mapping, look for potential sites to launch or fly from, and check wind and weather patterns at the site. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:where-to-map] How to choose a mapping toolHow to decide on a tool for mapping: for capturing your own aerial images, this activity includes information on open DIY methods for balloon, kite, and pole mapping, and when each tool works best and their limitations. If you’d like to use existing maps and digital tools to create maps, rather than capturing your own aerial images, check out the section called "Other ways to map" below. Tools and methods for DIY mappingAerial photographyThe wiki pages and posts listed here are rich resources on how to capture your own aerial images of a place. By capturing your own aerial images, you get the most current information on the exact location you’re interested in.
Aerial photography wikiOrganizes information on balloon mapping, kite mapping, and pole mapping, as well as activities and questions on aerial photography. Within the balloon, kite, and pole mapping wikis, you’ll find information on how to assemble and use these different mapping tools.
How to map wikiWritten as a workshop, this wiki describes 3 activities that’ll get you mapping: 1) decide on which type of mapping you will do, 2) prepare your mapping materials, and 3) go map!
MapKnitter wikiInformation on MapKnitter.org, Public Lab’s free and open source software tool for combining several aerial images into a map that you can view online and print.
Host a balloon mapping workshopMap with other people! This activity outlines how to get people together to map. Other ways to map
You can also use existing open or publicly available maps if you don’t want or need to capture your own aerial images.
Using your maps and aerial imagesYou might want to use your maps for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. To help illustrate some of the many ways maps can be used for advocacy, we highlight some of the different ways that maps can be used below. While thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a single purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place. And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. General information on advocacy and mapsWetlands advocacy wiki: this wiki is part of the Wetlands Toolkit, but outlines a workshop and general information on some different advocacy goals and the ways that community-collected aerial maps can support those goals. Annotating mapsPutting words, arrows, and drawings on a map can help explain and illuminate what the map shows. How to make your own community annotated map!: a step-by-step activity on making annotated maps by @julia_e_masters. See what’s tagged with
Image: annotated map of Bayou Manchac sewerage problem, from this post by @eustatic Maps to guide environmental monitoring and study designExamples:
Images from this research note by @ewilder, showing an aerial map of locations where photopaper is darkened by hydrogen sulfide. Maps to raise awareness or start a campaignExamples:
Maps to tell a story about or understand a placeExamples:
Image: a form of pole-mapping to capture images of rocky intertidal shorelines for the TIDES project, described in this post by @RosaL Maps for communicating with or reporting to government agencies and representativesExamples:
Maps as evidenceExamples:
Image: balloon mapping water flow in the Gowanus Canal with the help of red food dye, from a comment in this post by @eymund ActivitiesActivities on Public Lab tagged with [activities:advocacy-with-maps] QuestionsQuestions tagged with [questions:advocacy-with-maps] Additional references and resources
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| 0 | bhamster |
June 21, 2021 21:24
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Mapping offers a way to share and create knowledge about a place. Making a map to document and describe a local issue is often a helpful first step in community science because it can be done collaboratively, represent all kinds of information—from environmental pollution to cultural resources—and show what people close to the issue already know. Maps are a helpful communication tool in community organizing and advocacy, and you might want to create a map for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. On this wiki page, we’re collecting some of the different ways that you can take action with maps. And while thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a specific purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place! And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. Follow along and get updates on this topic by following Please add to these resources by editing this page, adding and answering questions below, or adding your own activity or story! Lead image: infrared balloon mapping image of the Gowanus Canal, from this post by @liz
On this page you'll find:
Getting started activitiesIt can be helpful to start a mapping project by thinking and talking about what you want to make a map of, why you want to map a particular place, and who the map will be for. What new information do you wish to provide with a map? The resources and activities below offer some ways to get started with answering these questions before you start gathering equipment and tools for mapping. Defining advocacy goalsFor any community science project, it helps to start with determining your goals. This will help you figure out which smaller steps to take to achieve your goals—in the case of mapping, your goals might influence whether you capture your own aerial images to make a map or use existing maps to build upon. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:start-advocacy] Below in the section called “Using your maps and aerial images,” you’ll find more information on using maps for specific purposes or audiences. Figuring out where to mapIf you can, visit the site or talk to people who live there. If you plan to do balloon or kite mapping, look for potential sites to launch or fly from, and check wind and weather patterns at the site. Posts tagged with [notes:grid:where-to-map] How to choose a mapping toolHow to decide on a tool for mapping: for capturing your own aerial images, this activity includes information on open DIY methods for balloon, kite, and pole mapping, and when each tool works best and their limitations. If you’d like to use existing maps and digital tools to create maps, rather than capturing your own aerial images, check out the section called "Other ways to map" below. Tools and methods for DIY mappingAerial photographyThe wiki pages and posts listed here are rich resources on how to capture your own aerial images of a place. By capturing your own aerial images, you get the most current information on the exact location you’re interested in.
Aerial photography wikiOrganizes information on balloon mapping, kite mapping, and pole mapping, as well as activities and questions on aerial photography. Within the balloon, kite, and pole mapping wikis, you’ll find information on how to assemble and use these different mapping tools.
How to map wikiWritten as a workshop, this wiki describes 3 activities that’ll get you mapping: 1) decide on which type of mapping you will do, 2) prepare your mapping materials, and 3) go map!
MapKnitter wikiInformation on MapKnitter.org, Public Lab’s free and open source software tool for combining several aerial images into a map that you can view online and print.
Host a balloon mapping workshopMap with other people! This activity outlines how to get people together to map. Other ways to map
You can also use existing open or publicly available maps if you don’t want or need to capture your own aerial images.
Using your maps and aerial imagesYou might want to use your maps for specific purposes or to communicate with specific people. To help illustrate some of the many ways maps can be used for advocacy, we highlight some of the different ways that maps can be used below. While thinking about goals for mapping, we can also understand that the process of mapping and the map created represent much more than a communication tool for a single purpose. Making a map builds a connection to a place. And even with a purpose in mind, a map might start off documenting a location and showing neighbors what’s there, while ending up being used as a tool to communicate with governments and change policies that affect many more people. General information on advocacy and mapsWetlands advocacy wiki: this wiki is part of the Wetlands Toolkit, but outlines a workshop and general information on some different advocacy goals and the ways that community-collected aerial maps can support those goals. Annotating mapsPutting words, arrows, and drawings on a map can help explain and illuminate what the map shows. How to make your own community annotated map!: a step-by-step activity on making annotated maps by @julia_e_masters. See what’s tagged with
Image: annotated map of Bayou Manchac sewerage problem, from this post by @eustatic Maps to guide environmental monitoring and study designExamples:
Images from this research note by @ewilder, showing an aerial map of locations where photopaper is darkened by hydrogen sulfide. Maps to raise awareness or start a campaignExamples:
Maps to tell a story about or understand a placeExamples:
Image: a form of pole-mapping to capture images of rocky intertidal shorelines for the TIDES project, described in this post by @RosaL Maps for communicating with or reporting to government agencies and representativesExamples:
Maps as evidenceExamples:
Image: balloon mapping water flow in the Gowanus Canal with the help of red food dye, from a comment in this post by @eymund ActivitiesActivities on Public Lab tagged with [activities:advocacy-with-maps] QuestionsQuestions tagged with [questions:advocacy-with-maps] Additional references and resources
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