###OpenHour kick off series starts **Monday 8:00pm EST**### OpenHour is a weekly interactive seminar hosted by the Public Lab Community. Mondays at 8:00pm EST. ###How To Join### Join on Google Hangout »
###Topic Schedule:### **JUNE 30:** Aerial mapping and new collaborative map developments! Join us to learn about aerial photography and mapknitting. Hear about a new software development and ways use maps to tell stories through text, images, multimedia and annotations. See community case studies that apply these tools to projects, and help shape the future of mapmaking in your community! This week we will be hearing from:
- [Mathew Lippincott](http://publiclab.org/profile/mathew) on Arial Photography and Mapknitting
- Justin Manley on New updates to coming to Mapknitter.org
- [Scott Eustis](http://publiclab.org/profile/eustatic) on mapping the [Barataria](http://publiclab.org/wiki/barataria-bay-mapping-project)
- [Nicholas Johnson](http://publiclab.org/profile/nicholas) and [Bronwen Densmore](http://publiclab.org/profile/bronwen) on mapping [Freshkills Park](http://publiclab.org/notes/nejohnson2/06-17-2013/itp-camp-fresh-kills) and [Dead Horse Bay](http://publiclab.org/notes/bronwen/11-03-2013/attempted-kite-mapping-at-dead-horse-bay)! **JULY 7:** Infrared Imaging
**JULY 14:** Spectral Analysis
**JULY 21:** Open Water / Riffle / Potentiostat
**JULY 28:** Open Air / Particulate Sensing
OpenHour is a great way to meet people in the Public Lab Community. The topics of open hour vary from presentations on tools and methods, discussions on environmental issues, to approaches to data-based advocacy. See you at OpenHour! **Propose new sessions on the [Talk page](http://pad.publiclab.org/p/openhour).** To learn about other types of events, see [publiclab.org/events](/events)