DRAFT UPDATE TO https://publiclab.org/sitemap
Pages in bold indicate sysadmin-only editing access

Overview

• https://publiclab.org/welcome -- Welcome! Start here.
• https://publiclab.org/stories -- short, exciting stories
• https://publiclab.org/blog -- the latest
• https://publiclab.org/frequently-asked-questions -- OUTDATED

Connect in-person

• https://publiclab.org/events -- has a Google calendar, and describes types of events
• https://publiclab.org/barnraising -- our major multi-day, retreat-style in-person event

Connect online

• https://publiclab.org/signup -- where you can signup for a publiclab.org account. Choose a username, agree to our Code of Conduct, and click through a captcha.
• https://publiclab.org/profile/ -- your profile page once you sign up. You can add tags such as interest or location, edit your bio, and upload a profile image or avatar.
• https://publiclab.org/subscriptions -- where you can control what tags (AKA topics) you are subscribed to, and adjust your email notifications
• https://publiclab.org/lists -- all GoogleGroups organized by Topic and Place. FYI, topic lists are slowly being phased out by website subscriptions to Topics:
• https://publiclab.org/wiki/topics -- topics and subtopic organization, always evolving!
• https://publiclab.org/forum -- the Community Science Forum, a print publication with illustrated poster-sized centerfold
• https://publiclab.org/newsletter -- monthly newsletter composed by staff, easy to understand
• https://publiclab.org/social-media -- a summary of social media channels on which Public Lab is active
• https://publiclab.org/feed.rss -- FOR RSS READERS ONLY

Who we are

The Public Lab community:

• https://publiclab.org/people -- _the best place to see who's been active lately, and browse the map to see if there are any people near you
• https://publiclab.org/partners -- list of friends, partners and collaborators, updated annually in January
• https://publiclab.org/organizers -- community members who are leaders in the Public Lab community, and have an interest in the way our community collaborates and grows
• https://publiclab.org/values-statement -- created through this process
• https://publiclab.org/glossary -- list of terms used in the community

The Public Lab community is backed by a non-profit to focus impact on environmental health justice. All the following links pertain to the nonprofit:

• https://publiclab.org/about
• https://publiclab.org/plots-staff
• https://publiclab.org/donate
• https://publiclab.org/how-we-are-funded
• https://publiclab.org/board
• https://publiclab.org/nonprofit-values ("/values" redirects here)
• https://publiclab.org/nonprofit-initiatives -- deprecated

How our community works together:

• https://publiclab.org/conduct
• https://publiclab.org/facilitation
• https://publiclab.org/moderation
• https://publiclab.org/licenses + stub https://publiclab.org/attribution
• https://publiclab.org/privacy
• https://publiclab.org/anonymity
• https://publiclab.org/security
• https://publiclab.org/community -- a work area for all the pages tagged community
• https://publiclab.org/community-development -- a year-by-year timeline of features we've added
• https://publiclab.org/barnstars -- symbols of community appreciation
• https://publiclab.org/wiki/funding-partnerships-with-public-lab
• https://publiclab.org/wiki/ethics-and-politics and the more recent https://publiclab.org/notes/stevie/10-29-2018/public-lab-developing-partnership-statement both address the formation of partnerships

Where we work:

• https://publiclab.org/projects -- planned for a revision to make it easier to see place-based research projects
• https://publiclab.org/places
• https://publiclab.org/region -- needs updating with wiki grids for continent tags --> just updated https://publiclab.org/locations

Getting started

• https://publiclab.org/welcome -- prior versions at Contribute and Join, both deprecated
• https://publiclab.org/getting-started
• https://publiclab.org/new-projects
• https://publiclab.org/start-enviro-monitor-study -- advanced explanation of how to undertake an environmental monitoring study

Open hardware kits for environmental monitoring and exploration

• https://publiclab.org/kits -- the Kits Initiative, and home of Community Kits, the program where you can prototype your hardware project with the Public Lab community and distribute through our store
• https://store.publiclab.org -- where you can buy (and sell) Public Lab open hardware kits

Software for processing environmental data, and data archives

• https://publiclab.org/archive -- view all curated map data
• https://mapknitter.org -- go here to process aerial image data into maps
• https://spectralworkbench.org go here to process spectral data into calibrated spectra
• https://infragram.org or https://publiclab.github.io/infragram/ go here to process infrared data into NDVI or other
• need to include additional / other sites where data is processed and/or stored

Contribute to software, including the publiclab.org website itself:

• https://code.publiclab.org -- landing page for people interested in code, also see https://publiclab.org/developers

Further reading

• https://publiclab.org/media -- articles about Public Lab
• http://publiclab.org/annual-reports -- published by the nonprofit
• https://publiclab.org/suggested-readings

Community reach

Evaluating our impact:

• https://publiclab.org/evaluation

By the numbers:

• https://publiclab.org/stats
• https://publiclab.org/stats/subscriptions
• https://publiclab.org/contributors
• https://publiclab.org/users/role/... -- experimental feature

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Website

• https://publiclab.org/website-basics -- learn about the PublicLab.org website features
• https://publiclab.org/website -- a work area for all the pages tagged community

The Public Lab website has two main types of content:

• https://publiclab.org/wiki -- multi-author content, editable by anyone.
• https://publiclab.org/notes -- single-author content, also can add co-authors. Content only editable by authors

Navigating the Public Lab website:

• https://publiclab.org/dashboard -- redirects from publiclab.org when you are logged-in to show you a custom view of content. Redirects from publiclab.org/research

More ways to navigate the Public Lab website:

• https://publiclab.org/search
• https://publiclab.org/tags
• https://publiclab.org/tag/______ -- fill in the blank URL to view all content tagged with a certain tag *
• UNDER CONSTRUCTION https://publiclab.org/map - the map of all geographically tagged content on publiclab.org (not actual maps)

Important pages that are both auto-generated by tags AND have an editable feature at top:

• https://publiclab.org/questions -- also see https://publiclab.org/requests for recent and urgent requests of all kinds across the Public Lab network, for those looking to pitch in on others' projects and needs
• https://publiclab.org/methods -- includes social and technical methods, see https://publiclab.org/wiki/methods for further description, also described below

Guidance on how to write, format, and organize content

• https://publiclab.org/wiki/authoring-help
• https://publiclab.org/power-tags
• https://publiclab.org/wiki-templates -- very helpful, deep guide for staff structuring content
• https://publiclab.org/wiki/methods -- excellent guides for posting new methods