##Publications## "From Grassroots Mapping to a Public Laboratory" [Citizen Science Quarterly vol. 1](http://citizensciencequarterly.com/) - Adam Griffith, Jeffrey Warren, & Sara Wylie, 3/29/11 "Neogeographic approach to inexpensive oil spill mapping" [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/neogeographic-approach-to-inexpensive-oil-spil-mapping/131048) - Jeffrey Warren & Stewart Long, 9/1/10 ###Articles### "Public Laboratory: Don't Just Report Science, Do It!" [PBS MediaShift](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/11/public-laboratory-dont-just-report-science-do-it327.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren and Sara Wylie, 11/23/11 "Public Lab's 'Barnraising' Focuses on DIY Infrared Camera Development" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/11/public-labs-barnraising-focuses-on-diy-infrared-camera-development314.html)- Adam Griffith, 11/16/11 "Public Lab Aims for Affordable Hydrogen Sulfide Sensors" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/public-lab-aims-for-affordable-hydrogen-sulfide-gas-sensors294.html)- Sara Wylie and Shannon Dosemagen, 10/25/11 "With Public Lab, a Camera Flies in Brooklyn to Monitor Pollution" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/with-public-lab-a-camera-flies-in-brooklyn-to-monitor-pollution273.html)- Liz Barry, 10/3/11 "Taking Steps Toward DIY Spectrometry, So Citizens Can Test for Pollutants" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/09/taking-steps-toward-diy-spectrometry-so-citizens-can-test-for-pollutants249.html) - Jeff Warren, 9/8/11 "Public Lab Helps Communities Do 'Civic Science' Investigations" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/08/public-lab-helps-communities-do-civic-science-investigations224.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 8/17/11 "Seed Grant Voices: Grassroots Mapping Kit" [MIT Legatum Center](http://legatum.mit.edu/newsletter/spring2010/gmk) - Jeff Warren, 5/27/10 "DIY Mappers offer remarkable images of Gulf Coast oil spill" [PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/diy-mappers-offer-remarkable-images-of-gulf-coast-oil-spill132.html) - Jeff Warren, 5/12/10 [Opensource.com](http://opensource.com/life/10/6/mapping-oil-spill-open-source-way) - Jeff Warren, 6/3/10 ##Presentations & Events## **March 9 - April 19, 2012** - San Francisco, California - SOMArts - "I Am Crime, Art on the Edge of Law", http://www.somarts.org/iamcrime **December 13, 2011** - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Liz Barry, Eye on Earth Summit. Civic Science vs. Crowdsourcing". Presenters at Innovation Forum- Liz Barry and Shannon Dosemagen **November 16, 2011** - Montreal, Quebec - Shannon Dosemagen and Jeffrey Warren, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting: Panel: Prototype Paper: Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-Source Development of Tools for Grassroots Science **November 4, 2011** - Cleveland, Ohio - Shannon Dosemagen, Society for Social Studies of Science: Panel: STS in Practice: Science, Engineering and STS as Partners in Social Justice and Sustainability. Paper: Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Environmental Justice, Citizen Science, and Participatory STS in Monitoring of Disaster Landscapes. **Sept 16, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Stewart Long, Shannon Dosemagen FOSS4G 2011: "[Beyond vectors: Adapting remote sensing research for environmental monitoring with open source hardware and software: Citizen mapping the BP oil spill with balloons and kites ](http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/beyond-vectors-adapting-remote-sensing-research-environmental-monitoring-open-source-hardwa)" **Sept 15, 2011** - Amsterdam, Netherlands - "[Creating cheap open source aerial imagery and data for community efforts to cleanup a polluted neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, USA](http://vimeo.com/29616169)" ([slides](http://slideshare.net/ejc/eymund-diegel-grassroots-mapping))- Eymund Diegel, PICNIC 2011 **Sept 15, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Jeff Warren, Adam Griffith, FOSS4G 2011: "[Crowdsourcing Aerial Image Mapping with MapMill.org and MapKnitter.org](http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/crowdsourcing-aerial-image-mapping-mapmillorg-and-cartagen-knitter)" **Sept 11, 2011** - Denver, Colorado - Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren, State of the Map 2011 - "[Developing an Ethics of Data Openness and Community Participation](http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/content/grassroots-mapping-developing-ethics-data-openness-and-community-participation)" **Sept 8, 2011** - Boulder, Colorado - Jeff Warren, Mapping Democratization Conference, CU Boulder - "Situating activist mapping technology" **Aug 13, 2011** - Lima, Peru - Jeff Warren, Open Data conference **June 22, 2011** - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Shannon Dosemagen and Adam Griffith, talk and workshop at the MIT Knight conference **June 6-7, 2011** - New York City - Personal Democracy Forum 2011, Jeff Warren and Liz Barry - "Open Source Aerial Imagery" **May 6-7, 2011** - Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis, Jeff Warren * Cambridge, Massachusetts - Liz Barry and Jeff Warren, [talk & workshop](/wiki/2011-harvard-gca-conference), "Community-based approaches to high-resolution multispectral imaging with balloons" & "How to make your own aerial imagery for $100" **April 7, 2011** - University of Georgia Athens, Roosevelt Institute for Public Policy, Shannon Dosemagen keynote and panelist on emergency preparedness and policy response **Mar 25, 2011** - Trade School @ the Whitney Museum of American Art * New York City: Public Laboratory will be [teaching a class](/wiki/whitney-trade-school-class) on [DIY Spectrometry](/tool/spectrometer) at the Whitney starting at 7pm. **March 4, 2011** - BLUE on Tour- Auburn University, Alabama * 1:00 - 2:30pm, [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon) - "Master Class: Innovations in Aerial-Mapping Technology" * http://publiclaboratory.org/event/3-4-2011/blue-tour-auburn-university-alabama **Feb 11, 2011** - Tech@State Open Source conference * US Department of State - [Jeffrey Warren](/people/warren), "" * Subsequent unconference organized by US Dept. of State - [Liz Barry](/people/liz), [Leif Percifield](/people/lpercifield), "Citizen Science" **Jan 22, 2011** - California Map Society * UCLA Clark Library - [Stewart Long](/people/gonzoearth) **Nov 18, 2010** - Personal Democracy Forum Latin America * Santiago, Chile - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren) **Nov 12, 2010** - Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science * Pittsburgh - [Jeff Warren](/people/warren) [http://www.cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/](cmu.edu/events/gigapixel-science/) **Oct 31-Nov 3, 2010** - Geologic Society of America, Denver Annual Meeting * Denver - [Shannon Dosemagen](/people/shannon) * [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm](gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_178840.htm) **Oct 1-3, 2010** International Conference on Crisis Mapping * Boston - Jeff Warren - [http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda](crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-agenda) **Aug 12, 2010** - Ignite Spatial * Boston, MA - Jeff Warren [http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html](ignite.oreilly.com) **June 3-4, 2010** - Personal Democracy Forum * New York, NY - Jeff Warren **May 19 2010** Crisis Mappers Network Webcast * GeoTime webcast - Jeff Warren - [http://www.geotime.com/cmnet.aspx](Mapping the Gulf Oil Spill With Balloons & Kites) ##Press## NPR On the Media [Drones: Coming to a Sky Near You?](http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/jan/13/drones-coming-soon-sky-near-you/)- 1-13-12 Boston Globe: [Knight Foundation Merging Media, Minds and Money](http://bostonglobe.com/business/2011/11/22/knight-foundation-merging-media-minds-and-money/WK8Vi8kbDQIBFapFxZm7JM/story.html)- D.C. Denison, 11-11 The Mobile City (also appeared on Data Driven Journalism): [How Kite Photography Can Empower Local Communities](http://www.themobilecity.nl/2011/10/19/how-kite-photography-can-empower-local-communities/)- Martin de Waal, 10-11 Creative Applications Network: [Mediated Landscapes 03: DIY Cartography (Theory)](http://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/mediated-cityscapes-03-diy-cartography-theory/)- Greg J. Smith, 8-11 Tech President: [How DIY Science is Solving Ecological Mysteries in New York City](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/how-diy-science-solving-ecological-mysteries-new-york-city)- Nick Judd, 8-25-11 BBC Click: [How to Create Your Own Aerial Map](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555369.stm)- 8-19-11 BBC Radio: [Laura Sheeter Talks About Aerial Photos: Did you know you could now take your own aerial pictures? Join Laura on an aerial view of New Orleans](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j4dq8#p00jkrtp)- Laura Sheeter, 8-3-11 Harvard Nieman Journalism Lab: [The MacGyver method: With News Challenge funding, The Public Lab is building up its civic media toolkit](http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/07/the-macgyver-method-with-news-challenge-funding-the-public-lab-is-building-up-its-civic-media-toolkit/)- Megan Garber, 07-11 Grist: [In the future, cleaning robots will sniff out air pollution](http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-18-in-the-future-cleaning-robots-will-sniff-out-air-pollution)- Jess Zimmerman, 7-18-11 Technology Review: [Robot lights up at pollution](http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38059/page1/#photo)- Kristina Grifantini, 7-17-11 PBS MediaShift IdeaLab: [MIT Produces a String of Civic Media Success Stories](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/mit-produces-a-string-of-civic-media-success-stories072.html) - Chris Csikszentmihályi, 3-14-11 Good Magazine: [Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good](http://www.good.is/post/grassroots-mapping-how-you-can-create-aerial-cartography-for-under-100-and-use-it-to-do-good/) - Ben Jervey, 3-7-11 LifeHacker: [Weekend Project: DIY Balloon Aerial Photography on the Cheap](http://lifehacker.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5765075/diy-balloon-aerial-photography-on-the-cheap) - Adam Pash, 2-17-11 Wilamette Week: [Local Designer To Build Balloons To Help Document Gulf Oil Spill](http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-1086-local_designer_to_build_balloons_to_help_document_.html) - Ron Knox, 6-25-2010 SolveClimate News: [$100 Aerial Mapping Technique Finding Multiple Uses, Grassroots Interest](http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20110215/100-aerial-mapping-technique-finding-multiple-uses-grassroots-interest) with [slideshow](http://solveclimatenews.com/slideshow/story-grassroots-mapping) - Lisa Song, 2-15-11 Brooklyn Eagle: [D.I.Y Mapping of the Gowanus?](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=40985) - Mike Weiss, 1/27/11 OnEarth Magazine: [Mapping the Grassroots](http://www.onearth.org/article/mapping-the-grassroots) - Alan Burdick, 1/27/11 [CBS News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERceRSjd7w&feature=related) [ABC News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FO8vjkdOg&feature=player_embedded#) [Boston Globe](http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/09/05/gov_20_advocates_put_government_technology_together_to_find_solutions/?page=full) - D.C. Denison, 9/05/10 [Associated Press](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9xJ8woAR4Ml-YII1XaGc7wj4o5wD9IB3VE80) - BARBARA ORTUTAY, 9/19/10 [abc.net](http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2010/3007041.htm) - (australia) - 9/16/10 [Guilty Planet](http://scienceblogs.com/guiltyplanet/2010/07/grassroots_mapping.php) - "Balloon on the Bayou: Grassroots Mapping in Bay Baptiste" - Jennifer L. Jacquet, 7/13/10 [france24.com](http://www.france24.com/en/20100618-oil-spill-africa-philippines) - 6/18/10 Engadget: [MIT-based Grassroots Mapping mapping the oil spill with digital camera, kites](http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/mit-based-grassroots-mapping-mapping-the-oil-spill-with-digital/) - Laura June, 6/17/10 [The Takeaway](http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jun/15/grasping-size-oil-leak-one-photo-at-time/) - Noel King, 6/15/10 Inhabitat: [DIY Kite Photographs the Gulf Oil Spill to Map its True Size](http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/10/diy-kite-photographs-the-gulf-oil-spill-to-map-the-spills-true-size/) - Britt Liggett, 6/10/10 NYTimes bits blog: [Taking On the Gulf Oil Spill With Kites and Cameras](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/hacking-the-gulf-oil-spill-with-kites-and-cameras/) [green.blogs.nytimes.com](http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/oil-spill-resources/) - Jeremy Zilar, [WGBH Boston](http://www.wgbh.org/897/programDetail.cfm?programid=854) - 6/7/10 [WBUR Boston](http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/27/want-to-make-your-own-kite-cam-heres-how) - Andrew Phelps, 5/27/10 [JustMeans.com](http://www.justmeans.com/Start-up-Uses-Kites-Map-Impact-of-Oil-Spill/17287.html) - Marcia Stepanek, 6/5/10 [Daily Kos](http://webkit.dailykos.com/stories/2010/5/27/870335/-We-Have-Something-the-People-in-Alaska-Didnt.html) - Crashing Vor, 5/27/10 [Earth2tech](http://earth2tech.com/2010/06/05/weekend-ecohack-grassroots-mapping-of-the-bp-oil-spill/) - Katie Fehrenbacher, 6/5/10 [MIT News Office](http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/oil-balloon-0517.html) - David Chandler, 5/17/10 [PBS IdeaLab blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/05/balloon-mapping-the-oil-spill-proves-responsive-open-source138.html) - Andrew Whitacre, 5/19/10 [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/06/crowdsource.gulf.oil/index.html) - John Sutter, 5/6/10 [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2010/05/15/social-media-oil-spill/) - Geoff Livingston, 5/15/10 [TechPresident](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/people-vs-deepwater-horizon-oil-mess) - Nancy Scola, May 27, 2010 [PopTech](http://poptech.org/blog/crude_awakening_–_new_technologies_being_used_to_stop_and_track_the_oil_spill_and_what_you_can_do_to_help) - Sloane Berrent, 6/1/10 [AOL Autos](http://autos.aol.com/article/oil-spill-gas-prices/) - Kevin Ransom, 6/3/10 [WorldChanging](http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011208.html) - \WorldChanging Team, 5/25/10 [TreeHugger](http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/08/innovative-mapping-project-tracks-gulf-oil-with-kites-and-balloons.php), 8/25/10