*Above: Early experiments in Vermont with the Public Lab's infrared camera tool.*
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PLOTS organizers <a href="http://publiclab.org/people/cfastie">Chris Fastie</a> and <a href="http://publiclab.org/people/nedhorning">Ned Horning</a> are involved in multispectral imaging hardware, multispectral image processing, control and monitoring of airborne cameras, agricultural and vegetation mapping and imaging, and spectroscopy.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Upcoming Events</strong></em></p>
**Middlebury Meetup**: An informal meeting to fly a camera over the Middlebury College organic garden. Kites and a quadcopter might be in action.  
<p style="text-align: center;">Place: Middlebury College organic garden, Route 125</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Date: Tuesday April 30, 8:00 AM to 9 or 10 AM</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Contact cfastie via his gmail account to be notified of last minute changes</p>
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**iFARM (Imaging For Agricultural Research And Management) field day**
Aerial and multispectral imaging and mapping for agricultural applications. [Details of this New Hampshire meetup are here.](http://publiclab.org/notes/dorncox/4-23-2013/ifarm-imaging-agricultural-research-and-management-field-day)
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">PLOTS and TAC join forces in Vermont</span></p>
Public Laboratory and the <a href="http://www.toxicsaction.org/">Toxics Action Center</a> are collaborating on a project to apply Public Lab tools to several Vermont projects being investigated by TAC. <a href="http://publiclab.org/wiki/vermont-public-lab-organizing-toxics-action-center-and-public-lab">Details of these projects are outlined here.</a> 
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Recent Events</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Montpelier Kite Mapping Workshop</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">April 6, 2013</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Chris Fastie led a <a href="http://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/4-7-2013/tac-workshop">workshop</a> on aerial mapping with PLOTS tools.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vermont Environmental Summit</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">November 18, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Chris Fastie led a <a href="http://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/11-19-2012/vermont-environmental-summit">workshop</a> on aerial mapping with PLOTS tools.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">LEAFFEST</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Low Elevation Aerial Flights For Earth Sensing Technology</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">September 21-23, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://publiclab.org/search/leaffest">Here are some Research Notes on the activities at LEAFFEST 2012.</a></p>