Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, comm...
Public Lab is an open community which collaboratively develops accessible, open source, Do-It-Yourself technologies for investigating local environmental health and justice issues.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds --USFWS and PIES?
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds --USFWS and PIES?
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds --USFWS and PIES?
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds --USFWS and PIES?
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds --USFWS and PIES?
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
2016 Project Ideas, edit the page to add yours!
Mapping and passive dust sampling in Picayune at sand drying facilities and creosote superfund site. Jan 16th!
Soil/garden testing. We're interested in CO, lead and other contaminants.
Arthur Ashe garden mapping
work with Studio in the Woods -- they are running a neat event on climate change.
work on oil remediation idea --Feb
more efforts on oil testing kit --Jan 28th
explore oil absorption (what can we use for this?)
continue wetlands mapping
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds --USFWS and PIES?
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
2016 Project Ideas, edit the page to add yours!
Mapping and passive dust sampling in Picayune at sand drying facilities and creosote superfund site.
Soil/garden testing. We're interested in CO, lead and other contaminants.
Arthur Ashe garden mapping
work with Studio in the Woods -- they are running a neat event on climate change.
work on oil remediation idea
more efforts on oil testing kit
explore oil absorption (what can we use for this?)
continue wetlands mapping
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration sites being funded by the RESTORE act funds
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
2016 Project Ideas, edit the page to add yours!
Mapping and passive dust sampling in Picayune at sand mining facilities and creosote superfund site.
Soil/garden testing. We're interested in CO, lead and other contaminants.
Arthur Ashe garden mapping
work with Studio in the Woods -- event running on climate change
work on oil remediation idea
more efforts on oil testing kit
explore oil absorption (what can we use for this?)
continue wetlands mapping
What would a maker space for Biology look like here?
Map the restoration funded by RESTORE act
Can we make a biochar kiln?
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! Saturday, January 19th. We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
Upcoming Events:
Kickoff and OpenHour! Monday, January 11th from 6-8 at Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans) for a 2016 Kickoff party and OpenHour live!
Picayune Mapping! We will meet at 9:00AM at Kimono Dragon 324 W Canal St. Picayune, Mississippi. From there we will attempt to map two sites 1) the creosote super fund site and 2) fracking sand drying plant
Once we finish balloon or kite mapping we will adjourn to Ryan's for lunch.
2015 Projects
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brought together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents had the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. Learn more about the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
We're hosting Water Quality Meet Ups once a month Jan-June. Join our Gulf Coast Google Group for updates!
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
We're hosting Water Quality Meet Ups once a month Jan-June. Join our Gulf Coast Google Group for updates!
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
You can join other Gulf Coast Public Labbers through our Gulf Coast Google Group,this is how we communicate local events and projects that you can get involved with.
Gulf Coast Google Group
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
We're hosting Water Quality Meet Ups once a month Jan-June. Join our Gulf Coast Google Group for updates!
The Kickoff event launched us into the new year's exciting projects. Check out the post.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans! This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Check out our project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans!
This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
Gulf Coast Google Group
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Check out our new project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans!
This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
Gulf Coast Google Group
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Check out our new project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans!
This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
Gulf Coast Google Group
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Check out our new project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans!
This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
Gulf Coast Google Group
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Check out our new project Mapping Wetlands in New Orleans!
This project brings together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the Gulf Coast Goole Group. And follow the project on this page.
Gulf Coast Google Group
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
2014 Plans and Projects
Samples with Spectrometry! August 31st at Propeller! For more information visit our page here.
Save the Date for the 2014 annual Barnraising in Cocodrie, Louisiana! We'll be convening for our annual gathering from November 13-16, 2014.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
Past Projects
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Public Lab's Gulf Coast Chapter is proud to announce that we are the recipients of a 2014 EPA Urban Waters Grant!
This exciting new project will bring together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents will have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the plots-GulfCoast mailing list. Join us for the Kick Off Event!
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
2014 Plans and Projects
Samples with Spectrometry! August 31st at Propeller! For more information visit our page here.
Save the Date for the 2014 annual Barnraising in Cocodrie, Louisiana! We'll be convening for our annual gathering from November 13-16, 2014.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
Past Projects
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
Public Lab's Gulf Coast Chapter is proud to announce that we are the recipients of a 2014 EPA Urban Waters Grant!
This exciting new project will bring together volunteers and local community members to discover and use Public Lab technologies to track the progress of eight urban wetland restoration projects near Lake Pontchartrain. Through training sessions and field work, Gulf Coast residents will have the opportunity to learn and use the aerial photography tools to map and monitor the health of our local restoration sites. To get involved sign up for the plots-GulfCoast mailing list and stay tuned for workshops and mapping events!
Welcome to The Public Lab Gulf Coast Page
We are: engaged citizens, researchers, educators, community organizers, hackers, more and all of the above! Since 2010 we’ve been working hard on spearheading many projects, developing DIY technology and spending time in the community working to celebrate our natural resources and the protection of them.
Some of our projects have included mapping of the BP Oil Spill in 2010, continued mapping and monitoring of the Barataria Bay focusing on the importance of our wetlands and restoration and working with other public labbers to develop the DIY spectrometer! For a better view of our projects and the people involved in them, see our timeline below, the research tab and search the tag gulf-coast on the Public Lab page.
Our office is located in New Orleans, LA at 4035 Washington Ave. Stop in and say hello!
If you're interested in proposing a project, want to conduct your own mapping session or just want to hear about how you can get involved please contact us through the google group, and we'll help you get started (equipment, training, finding volunteers, etc.).
2014 Plans and Projects
Samples with Spectrometry! August 31st at Propeller! For more information visit our page here.
Save the Date for the 2014 annual Barnraising in Cocodrie, Louisiana! We'll be convening for our annual gathering from November 13-16, 2014.
MapKnitter Club meetings! If you're interested in the technical side of making maps and want to get involved, please join the plots-gulfcoast@googlegroups.com to hear about ongoing mapknitting and plans.
We have completed the mapping project of the Barataria Bay. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!
Public Lab participated in DredgeFest: Mapping five sites ahead of time and collaborating with the Dredge Research Collective to create annotated maps that were used in the main DredgeFest event in January 2014.
Past Projects
2013
Barnraising archived information on the Barnraising: http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2013.
Public Lab received a grant from Patagonia Clothing Company to do aerial mapping of twenty sites in Barataria Bay that grassroots mappers had previously worked at in 2011. The project is set to run between October 2013 and October 2014.
Public Lab has been working with a team at NASA DEVELOP, based at Stennis Space Station, using the DIY spectrometer to look at refinery flares. To view related research notes, search for the tag "flare".
Since May 2010, we have been using balloon mapping to capture aerial imagery of spill-affected sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Our work on the Gulf Coast in 2010, was done in cooperation with groups such as the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the University of South Alabama on a community-led monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data has been gathered can be viewed in:
While mapping the oil spill, we were not trying to duplicate the satellite or flyover imagery (though we helped to coordinate some of the flyovers and tried to ensure that the data was publicly accessible). Instead, we were helping Gulf Coast residents to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own documentation of the disaster and hoping that such data collection will continue to support environmental research, policy, and regulatory changes in coming years.
