Baltimore Ignition Grant Planning

UPDATE 3-7-10 - I made a website called wwww.quickexplore.org specifically for my bike project. You can track that project in detail there.

What: Ignite Baltimore is offering a $1,500 grant to start a new idea.  If approved, this grant will utilize about $390 of funds from the 1st ignition grant.


Goal:  Increase usage, knowledge and appreciation of parks & trails in the Baltimore area.

Background:  Our city has invested millions on parks, but they continue to be underutilized.  Health care costs and obesity are ballooning out of control.   Our parks are a great free way to stay fit and enjoy the outdoors!


Method: 5 minute video clips of Baltimore trails

• Accelerated video of entire trail  (example below)
• Pauses to show highlights from the trail
• Map overlay to help viewer understand geography (example below)
• Help viewers understand trail difficulty through Elevation overlay
  
  
  
  
  

Target trails:

• Gwynns Falls Trail (One ~5 minute Video)
• 2 other city trails 
• Stretch goal - Baltimore to Annapolis trail (One ~5 minute Video)
• Stretch goal - NCR Trail Timonium to York, PA (Two ~5 minute videos (North Section, South Section)

Equipment Donated, Loaned, or free:

• HD Video camera (on loan from mp3car.com) ($600)
• Image stabilization equipment (on loan / rented / TBD from Doug Curtis)
• 2 batteries (on loan from mp3car.com) (~$150)
• Wide angle lens (on loan from mp3car.com)  (~$180)
• Video editing equipment (on loan from mp3car.com) (~$2,000)
• Video storage  (on loan from mp3car.com) ~50$
• Bike with shocks for image stabilization(on loan)  (~$1,000)
• Blog hosting at blogger.com (free)
• HD Video hosting at vimeo.com and youtube.com (free)

Labor donations:

• 3-6 days of video recording  -1 day per trail
• 3-6 days of video editing -1 day per trail

Items needed from grant:

• $100 Extra camera battery for long trails BP-819
• $250 Barometric pressure corrected altitude recording GPS device (Garmin Edge 500)
• $40 Purchase of domain name for 5 years to hold completed video, text & blog content
• $50 Shipping &packing costs of image stabilization equipment
•  $849 purchase an OPTIONAL professional image stablizer mount 

Samples of test efforts:

• Video above is a test video recorded to Dickeyville
• Audio would be cleaned or replaced

• Video is a sample of the map in difficulty 
• Elevation is broken due to lack of barometric pressure altitude correction
• Elevation measurements will be corrected with the Garmin edge 500