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First question, does anyone know where I can get shapefile data from past<br>
Burning Man events?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You could contact the organizers or frequent participants ( there are several list serves) and ask if anyone has any GPS traces or KML files. Probabilistically, there may be some GIS attendee that has converted those to a shape file - especially since there is a raft of Federal Permits involved ( see <a href="http://igargoyle.com/images/City.jpg">http://igargoyle.com/images/City.jpg</a> and ) </div>
<div><br></div><div>The Burning Man event has been a target for Remote Sensing platforms to demonstrate sensor capabilities - For example, see the <a href="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10377/">TerraSAR-X radar satellite</a> <a href="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-1775/#gallery/3558">http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-1775/#gallery/3558</a> and Digital Globe <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/this-is-a-satellite-image-of-the-burning-man-festival-in-news-photo/158209283">http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/this-is-a-satellite-image-of-the-burning-man-festival-in-news-photo/158209283</a> and <a href="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2011/09/burning_man_2011.html">http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2011/09/burning_man_2011.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>If you get the historical coordinates and dates of past sites, you can do a multi-platform multi-sensor search on the NASA and ESA data portals.Perhaps get some geo-referenced imagery and trace those. Landsat has a repeat rate of about two weeks, BM itself is a week and prep probably starts earlier than that ( like laying out the streets), the weather is generally clear, so you probably have a good chance of finding something. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Michael Patrick</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> ,</div></div></div></div>