“Grassroots Mapping” by an uncredited artist received a Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2011.
_Grassroots Mapping_ is a community of activist cartographers using open-source tools such as helium-filled balloons and digital cameras to generate high-resolution “DIY satellite” maps. Though grassroots mappers hail from places as diverse as the West Bank and the Russian border with Georgia, our biggest project has…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.