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Prezi on Community Mapping

Here is a link to a prezi that we gave on Community Mapping. https://prezi.com/pytswfb6py8w/untitled-prezi/

Sanitation

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A UN special envoy visited the United States in February 2011. Catarina de Albequerque made several recommendations about access to water and sanitation as a human right. The UN report has many striking paragraphs and sections; typical phrases and descriptions for the developing world, not so typical for our California home. As usual, the human right to water was the most popular theme. It went to Sacramento and in  2012 was passed as  Assembly Bill 685 guaranteeing the human right to water. That was a successful bill,inspired by Dr. Albequerque's visit and a political movement of water access folks. Despite all the energy around drinking water, there wasn't much ground gained for the  human right to sanitation. There are still many California residents who do NOT have access to functioning sanitation. The UN report recommends placing the human rights to water and sanitation equally at the center of policy formulation. As topics go, water is always more popular than san

Balloon Mapping workshop on Loma Linda Campus

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We had  five people participate in the first balloon mapping workshop on Loma Linda Campus. Many people asked "what are you doing?". Nobody seemed to threatened by the process. One major strength that Balloon Mapping has over Aerial Mapping with a quadcopter/RC plane is that balloon mapping is participatory. Everyone has a role in these community mapping workshops. There is a line to hold, a route to scout, photos to take or the public relations required for the many questions.  Aerial mapping with an RC powered device is less participatory as much of the technology is considered to be "hands off". The camera was set for shooting a photo every two seconds for a good 30 minutes.  We used a canon 260sx with the KAPUAV lua loaded in the CHDK software. I then used Microsoft ICE to throw a few pictures together.  Here is a stitched photo of the LLU Globe (click the photo to zoom in).  More will come later.  

Balloon Aerial Mapping BRIEF WORKSHOP

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From http://publiclab.org/wiki/kite-balloon-hybrid A NEW Community Mapping Approach : Balloon Mapping BRIEF WORKSHOP #1 DATE/TIME : 10/29/14 - 0800  LOCATION:  Evans Hall turnout in Loma Linda University off of Anderson 24785, Stewart St. Loma Linda, CA 92354 Meet by the Loma Linda University sign in the grass. My grey truck will be nearby. WHAT IS IT?  Balloon (and Kite) photography is a participatory technique used to acquire aerial photographs and qualitative data from participants. It is a fun outdoor activity that takes a little planning and produces a lot of images. It has been used to document contamination from the BP oil spill, neighborhood environmental health issues, urban development issues and many other topics.  The unique thing about balloon mapping is that it requires a team approach and is therefore a qualitative method. Researchers can acquire lots of relevant information from the planning and organizing phase; these facilitate conversations, expl