##Grassroots Mapping Curriculum (BETA)##

2011, Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science. 
publiclaboratory.org 

This curriculum draft outlines materials, activities and technical documentation in support of DIY cartographic curricula. It is intended as a framework for reuse at a variety of institutions including the University of South Alabama, Parsons and Rhode Island School of Design. Portions of this curriculum will also serve as background information for designing community workshops.

###Participating institutions and courses###

* San Diego State University Geography Department's [Fall 2011 for Geography 496: Selected Studies in Geography](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-sdsu-geography-496)

###Units###

The following units are being slowly ported over from the [Google document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17WqKoe8mvFgrRWdxS7bAPCPQTWxnj1SqoHLy04RJKbs/edit), and the idea is that any class can pick and choose units appropriate to their curriculum; some are more technically oriented, and some have broader subject material.

* [Introduction and theory of aerial image mapping](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-introduction)

**Field work: capturing images**

* [Field work](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-field-work)
* [Regulatory situation](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-regulatory)
* [Materials: Illustrated Guide] (http://grassrootsmapping.org/guide/)
* [Platform creation](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-platform)
* [Getting started: First Flight](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-first-flight)
* [Ground Control Point Targets](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-ground-control-point-targets)

**Processing and publication**

* [Image processing](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-image-processing)
* [Calculating Pixel Resolution](/wiki/calculating-pixel-resolution)
* [Publishing maps](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-publishing)
* [Applied mapmaking for research projects](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-research-applications)
* [GIS applications](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-gis-applications)

* [Activities](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-activities)

**Advanced topics**

* [Multispectral imaging](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-multispectral-imaging)
  * [NDVI](/wiki/ndvi)
* [Links, citations](/wiki/mapping-curriculum-citations)