Pardon Me For Asking: Giant Balloon Helps In Grassroots Mapping Of The Gowanus Canal

Friday, January 28, 2011

Giant Balloon Helps In Grassroots Mapping Of The Gowanus Canal

photo credit: Grassroots Mapping Gowanus Project on Flickr

Though it may have been one of the coldest days of the season, Professor Liz Barry and a group of students from the New School gathered at the shores of the Gowanus Canal last Saturday. They braved the element in order to take part in an experiment called "Grassroots Mapping Gowanus Project." The students sent up fairly large-sized Mylar balloon outfitted with a small camera high above the waterway to obtain aerial images of the canal. The purpose is to map the Gowanus and surrounding area in order to document its revitalization, now that it has been declared a Superfund site.

Reporter Mike Weiss of the Brooklyn Eagle was there and has a full report in this week's paper: D.Y.I. Mapping Of The Gowanus

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2 comments:

Michael Brown said...: Nice photos Katia, but they should all know that this data is publicly available from the City. it's part of a package called Bytes of the Big Apple, and last I checked, was free to academic users. They have 3, 1 and 0.5 meter geocoded aerial photos and orthographic images as well.; January 31, 2011 8:58 AM
Katia said...: Thanks, Michael,
I'll check it out.; January 31, 2011 9:12 AM