Aerial Photographics of Canal
BBC discusses the world of aerial photography with shoe string budget and the open usage of these images for the public. They also note an aerial mapping project done on the Gowanus Canal.
Read it here: How to create your own aerial
Bonus Your Face Off
More sexy aerial images of the Canal by Grassroots Mapping/PublicLaboratory.org done with help of Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, Proteus Gowanus just last month.
Grassroots also took a near-infrared image that shows what looks like a plume coming out from under the Whole Foods site.