##Publications##

"Grassroots Mapping: Creating a participatory map-making process centered on discourse" [Journal of Aesthetics and Protest: Issue 8- Grassroots Modernism](http://www.joaap.org/issue8/GrassrootsMapping.htm)- Shannon Dosemagen, Jeff Warren, & Sara Wylie, 12/1/11

"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 Lab's Keys to Developing Low-Cost Science Tools" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/public-labs-keys-to-developing-low-cost-science-tools140.html) - Mathew Lippincott and Adam Griffith, 5/22/12

"How we got here: the road to Public Lab's map projects" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/05/how-we-got-here-the-road-to-public-labs-map-project118.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PBSMediaShift) - Stewart Long, 5/3/12

"First aerial maps produced by citizens featured on Google Earth and Google Maps" [Knight Foundation Blog](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2012/4/18/first-aerial-maps-produced-citizens-featured-google-earth-and-google-maps/) - Shannon Dosemagen, 4/18/12

"Public Lab's Community Created Maps Land On Google Earth" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/04/public-labs-community-created-maps-land-on-google-earth109.html) - Shannon Dosemagen, 4/19/12

"Water Hackathon Aims to Understand Brooklyn's Water Pollution" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/04/water-hackathon-aims-to-understand-brooklyns-water-pollution096.html) - Leif Percifield, 4/9/12

"The Faces Behind Public Lab's Grassroots Research Community" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/03/the-faces-behind-public-labs-grassroots-research-community070.html) - Shannon Dosemagen and Sara Wylie, 3/12/12

"Why Collaborative Development Works in a Proprietary World" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/02/why-collaborative-development-works-in-a-proprietary-world038.html) - Jeff Warren, 2/15/12

"How Public Lab's Thermal Flashlight Could Improve Home Insulation" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/how-public-labs-thermal-flashlight-could-improve-home-insulation013.html) - Sara Wylie, 1/17/12

"Public Lab Produces Wetlands Maps from Balloon and Kite Flights" [PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Blog](http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/public-lab-produces-wetlands-maps-from-balloon-and-kite-flights357.html)- Stewart Long, 1/4/12

"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##

**April 2, 2012** - San Francisco, California - Mathew Lippincott, Stewart Long.
 Where 2.0, O'reilly Media: "[Grassroots Mapping Flight Demo](http://whereconf.com/where2012/public/schedule/detail/24711)"

**March 11** - Austin, Texas - Shannon Dosemagen, Mathew Lippincott, Jen Hudon, Greg Foster, SXSW Interactive- Public Laboratory panel

**March 9** - Houston, Texas - Shannon Dosemagen and Mathew Lippincott, Tx/Rx Labs- "Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Sceince"

**March 9 - April 19, 2012** - San Francisco, California - SOMArts - "I Am Crime, Art on the Edge of Law", http://www.somarts.org/iamcrime

**February 17, 2012** - London, United Kingdom - Shannon Dosemagen and Sara Wylie, 2nd Annual Citizen Cyberscience Summit- Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science: Open-source development of tools for grassroots science

**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##

MarthaHenson: blog: [Notes from #SXSWi: Public Lab: Mapping, DIY Activism & Civic Science #PublicLab](http://marthasadie.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/public-lab-mapping-diy-activism-civic-science/) - Martha Henson, 5/21/12

CassandraDaily: [All Mapped Up](http://www.cassandradaily.com/tech/all-mapped-up/) - 5/18/12

LifeHacker: [How to balloon map your neighborhood Google Maps style](http://lifehacker.com/5911096/how-to-balloon-map-your-neighborhood-google-maps-style) - Thorin Klosowski, 5/17/12

Geek.com: [Geek projects: Adventures in balloon mapping](http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/adventures-in-balloon-mapping-20120517/) - Sal Cangeloso, 5/17/12

The Verge: [Occupy maps the skies over May Day protests with DIY balloon cameras](http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2994140/occupy-grassroots-mapping-aerial-photography)- Joshua Kopstein, 5/2/12

Google Earth Sightseer: [New Balloon and Kite Imagery](http://www.google.com/earth/connect/newsletter/apr12.html) - featured blog for April 2012 edition

Engadget: [Google Earth adds balloon and kite imagery, invites you to contribute](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/17/google-earth-adds-balloon-and-kite-aerial-imagery/)- Donald, Melanson, 4/17/12

Clubic: [Google Earth devient participatif, cerfs-volants et ballons à l'hélium requis](http://www.clubic.com/internet/univers-google/google-maps/actualite-487334-cartographie-google-earth-cerf-volants-ballons-helium.html)- Audrey Oeillet, 4/17/12

Gizmodo: [Balloon and kite cameras give gorgeous Google Earth](http://gizmodo.com/5902926/balloon-and-kite-cameras-give-gorgeous-google-earth?tag=google)- Molly Oswaks, 4/17/12

Google Lat Long Blog: [Balloon and kite imagery in Google Earth](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/balloon-and-kite-imagery-in-google.html)- Christiaan Adams, 4/17/12

Knight Foundation Blog: [Knight News Challenge winners discuss successes, road bumps and challenges](http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2012/4/17/2011-knight-news-challenge-winners-discuss-successes-road-bumps-and-challenges/) - Elizabeth Miller, 4/17/12

Google Maps Mania: [Mapping with Drones](http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2012/03/mapping-with-drones.html) - Keith Clarke, 3/21/12

UNICEF: [In Brazil, adolescents use UNICEF's new digital mapping technology to reduce disaster risks in the favelas](http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/brazil_62043.html) - Caparelli, et al., 3/19/12

MAKE zine blog: [Alt.SXSW: DIY Balloon and Kite Mapping](http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/16/alt-sxsw-diy-balloon-and-kite-mapping/) - Adam Flaherty, 3/16/12

FSG Global Health Blog: [Responding To Health Challenges Through Grassroots Mapping](http://www.fsg.org/KnowledgeExchange/Blogs/GlobalHealth/PostID/258.aspx) - Carina Wendel, 3-7-2012 

Le Monde Science and Techno Section: [Les Sciences Citoyennes: Les profanes jouent avec les experts](http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/le-monde-science-techno-section-coverage)- 3-3-12

New Scientist: [Thermal Flashlight 'Paints' Cold Rooms with Colour](http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328546.200-thermal-flashlight-paints-cold-rooms-with-colour.html) - 3-2-12

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