Forum planning

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Preparation for upcoming issues of the Grassroots Mapping Forum

Overview

Build expectations for contributors (length, genre, style):

Cover (just an image)
Back cover (image + some leading text), plots explanation, contributors
Editorial page
About this map
picture, mappers bio, field notes and photo and price of map kit, a route (GPS track?) of the trip
Editorial
Notes
- notes from the site + forum discussions
Site feature:
- Interview
- who where and why?
- imagery collected, next steps
Tool feature:
- Interview
- design considerations
- how, with what?
- why, who wants it?

where- (can someone use this map to place it in space?) does the map function without the PLOTS site?
georeferencing- standard data points to place this map
- putting in the bounding box for the map, place them on map.
- Compass (north arrow) degrees of inclination, for true and magnetic north

Site: Chandeleur Islands, May 9
- (this site selection is from old discussion, we can change our minds)
Estimated cost shipped: ~$3.50
Template "dummy" pdf: https://publiclab.org/sites/default/files/gmf-template-4.2.pdf

Featured map: http://publiclaboratory.org/map/chandeleur-islands-louisiana/2010-05-09

Create template for document

Print templates should be kept in the grassroots-mapping-forum dropbox -- email jeff@publiclaboratory.org to be invited
Start with Mathew's Google Docs templates, which specify everything in detail: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QQIOm47mwIzOL3td_d9cq6Jdy-rKv-tav9UTWjBeRhA/edit#slide=id.g450834c_0_4
Text Templates-- Mathew-- 2page automailer
- Create editable google doc templates for images, text that work with: Calculation guidelines based on a ½ column grid. ½ column = x picture area = x text. Each subdivision = x space for titling
- this requires editorial decision to calculate page counts for this issue (right?)
Map templates-- Stewart
- Vector files for:
- standard scale, compass, lat long siting on map...
Layout for print-- Jeff? -- adobe ain’t accessible/FOSS-- can we do this with LaTEX?
- Wiki accepts LaTEX.... can we make a fill-in generator for the doc?

How do we involve the PLOTS community? we shouldn’t be writing this...can we create it the way the blog is, from research notes?

We are here in timeline

send template out to staff/team - DATE
- include “sketching” instructions for PDF preview -skitch.com screenshots
- have everyone get a chance to block in the articles
vote on preferred layout options/features - DATE
- layout
- which map print? (see above)
  - inside feature-- b&w line art Korean mapping, something else- can’t be ink heavy.
  - I like the idea of a light, all line art instructional every month... invents future work
talk to local site to share editorship?
article ideas:
- safe flying areas in butte
- Adam-- wetlands? barnraising? ‘cept he’s in the Grand Canyon
- RI-- all about thermal cameras? how to, why...

Sections

rough drafts submitted, word count check - DATE all media final - DATE send to publisher - DATE

Features: (this is one way to divide it up, following Mathew's example, but up for debate)

Google Doc folder
Place feature: 14400 chars, ~7000 word: Google Doc
- Author:
Editorial: 4070 chars, ~2000 word: Google Doc
- Author: Jeff (i'd like to, i have a piece on "opening public lab")
Field notes: 4255 chars, ~2000 word: Google Doc
- Author: This could be "cartographer notes" too, by Stewart.
Meet the Mappers: 2710 chars, ~1300 word: Google Doc
- Author:
Tool feature: 7400 chars, ~3500 word: Google Doc
- Author:
Back cover blurb + Authorship/Sponsorship: Google Doc

Features:

Old notes: