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AREN Project

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A number of Public Lab projects are supported in part by NASA through the AREN project, which focuses on educational uses of kite aerial photography for photographic and sensor data collection.

As part of the AREN project, Public Lab is making progress on several projects. In AREN's words:

In AREN we...
* Plan and prepare for a launch
* Launch kites
* Attach payloads
* Collect data
* Conduct post-mission debrief
* Analyze and share our data

Public Lab's primary project as part of AREN is to create, refine, and improve open source image processing tools for aerial photography, primarily Infragram and Image Sequencer, but also lens distortion tools. Public Lab is also investigating low-cost, DIY sensor platforms for use on aerial platforms.


Educators

For educators looking to apply these techniques in the classroom, see our Education page.


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ImageSequencer

ImageSequencer is a pure JavaScript sequential image processing system, inspired by storyboards, which we are optimizing for analyzing and processing remote sensing imagery.

Image Sequencer is different from other image processing systems in that it's non-destructive: instead of modifying the original image, it creates a new image at each step in a sequence. This is because it:

  • produces a legible trail of operations, to "show your work" for evidential, educational, or reproducibility reasons
  • makes the creation of new tools or "modules" simpler -- each must accept an input image, and produce an output image
  • allows many images to be run through the same sequence of steps
  • works identically in the browser, on Node.js, and on the commandline

More soon!


Low-cost airborne sensors

Title Author Updated Likes Comments
Unboxing Lesson with Middle School - Infragram Pi Kit @carmen2x over 2 years ago 0
Training and Equipment for Terra-Rovers available @carmen2x almost 3 years ago 1
Bringing Public Lab’s multispectral image processing to Leaflet maps @warren over 5 years ago 2
Set up a Raspberry Pi Camera with Pi Builder @warren over 5 years ago 19
Use Image Sequencer for NDVI plant analysis with a modified mini sport camera @warren over 5 years ago 0
Public Lab partnership with NASA AREN project brings new easy-to-use tools for classroom use @warren about 5 years ago 0
Use Image Sequencer for NDVI plant analysis with 2 images @warren about 5 years ago 9
Prototype: filter map tiles in real-time in a browser with ImageSequencer (NDVI Landsat) @warren over 6 years ago 7
Hacked Infragram Raspberry Pi camera now on the International Space Station @warren over 6 years ago 3
Building miniature kites at a family science night @SuziT9 almost 7 years ago 5
What are materials we could include in a Kite Making Materials Pack? @warren almost 7 years ago 5
Winds aloft: and a camera too @cfastie about 7 years ago 3
Winds aloft: sensor overload @cfastie about 7 years ago 7
LEAFFEST Aeropod flight @cfastie about 7 years ago 0
Web Working Group Update 20: August 2017 @warren over 7 years ago 1
How big are smoke particles, in microns? @warren over 7 years ago 4
Remove lens distortion from photos with FisheyeGL @warren over 7 years ago 8
Any simple ways to measure wind direction from a data logger? @warren over 7 years ago 1
Cool It @baskotasusan over 10 years ago 2
Seasonal NDVI with PicturePost & Infragram: Monitoring & Phenology @wward1400 over 11 years ago 1
Infragram Panoramas on Picture Post @wward1400 over 11 years ago 1
DIY Light Delta kite (Rogallo wing) @Safidy over 12 years ago 2
Nasa Kite modeler @Safidy over 12 years ago 3
Article: MODIS Detects Oil Spills in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela @warren almost 14 years ago 0