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mathew "How to address Chris's concerns on imagery adding/editing/sharing seems like a tough nut to crack. Is there any way to overlay different mapknitte..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
mathew "I really dig the sidebar concept, full screen map, and loading straight to the edit screen! I agree with Liz, this differs from a Wiki in the cruc..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
mathew "cool flight test! it looks like its one of those cameras that takes a 640x480 image and upscales it to 1280x960. I've seen several of those. be..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
mathew "Ramiro on the KAP forums has posted a whole system of spreadsheets and software for making spherical gores: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/discus..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Sounds fun! here are a few pointers re: your problems. IT helps to take a first picture of the horizon to set the contrast and focus. always try t..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "on second thought I think the nylon monofilament will work if you have a good winder for it (I.E. fishing rod). go for at least 10lb. " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Nice! John Wells and SNAPS are masters of this. You might enjoy their rigs and strategies: http://www.armadale.org.uk/snaps.htm " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "right. I always tell them to just "Snap & Wrap" " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Cool! you can also grab graphics from our guides if that's helpful. one note on the balloon connection-- the camera is more stable if you attach ..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "congratulations Hagit! so glad you'll be there! " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Great tutorial! I added it to the balloon mapping wiki page " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "nice- beat me to it by a bit. thanks for the link to the data repository " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "Those are rock bottom prices for a converted camera and rig. Nice to see the KAPtery really delivering. " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "here's a $10 calibration card. The DGK Color Tools DKK " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "The color target he uses is a X-Rite Digital ColorChecker, but the paper on creating such a target is mccamy1976.pdf " | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "I have access to the first reference, but it's paywalled. contact me if you need it. Using digital cameras to investigate animal colouration: est..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "The second reference (43) on this paper describing how to calibrate the cameras is "Recovering device sensitivities with quadratic programming." Gr..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
mathew "sounds like a good place for a pole. Love how inventive you got with the store owner and his tank. " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "I'm favoriting this because I really like those hooks! " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "I think your predictions of a robot rebellion are far too conservative. Such robots would realize their material complicity and dependency (as syn..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "Woah! beautiful rig and great photos! what a great flower pot, I love the use of the four drainage holes. Do you have any details on the flower p..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "Glad to see you tryiing! the balloon will hold up to 2400 liters (87 cu ft). 450 liters will lift almost 500g, but the balloon weighs 350g. with ..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "Awesome! " | Read more » about 10 years ago
mathew "we now ship the smallest aluminum mini-carabiners with our balloon kit. They work great. We can't sell them for less than $1, but a dozen cost $5. " | Read more » about 10 years ago