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Community Mapping: engaging the public

Community Mapping: engaging the public. Dr. Bob Maher, Senior Research Scientist Applied Geomatics Research Group Middleton, Nova Scotia. Lunenburg Heritage Society. Oct 28, 2009. Quotation Noah Richler, Up here , Oct/Nov 2009, p16. “what Google is doing with cameras and street-views,

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Community Mapping: engaging the public

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  1. Community Mapping: engaging the public Dr. Bob Maher, Senior Research Scientist Applied Geomatics Research Group Middleton, Nova Scotia Lunenburg Heritage Society Oct 28, 2009

  2. QuotationNoah Richler, Up here, Oct/Nov 2009, p16 “what Google is doing with cameras and street-views, we can do with myths, legends, stories and art”. “mapping the North through stories” “we should be working, now, on a massive popularly-constructed oral-history mapping project”.

  3. QuotationWade Davis, The Wayfinders, Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, CBC Massey Lectures 2009. Chapter 2 p35 “ As we voyage we are creating new stories within the tradition of the old stories, we are literally creating a new culture out of the old” - Nainoa Thompson, Polynesian Voyaging Society

  4. Overview • Some basic definitions community mapping cultural mapping • Current status of the technology • Case Study: Port George and Fundy Communities Development Association (FCDA) • Future Research directions • Opportunities for Lunenburg Heritage Society • Questions

  5. What is Community Mapping? • Approaches a way to expand access to “local knowledge” • Visualizing community-based knowledge and perceptions encourages the exchange of information and equalizes opportunities for all members of the community to participate in processes that affect their neighbourhoods and lives. • WansooIm, Ph.D • Centre for Community Mapping, May 14, 2008 • http://www.centerforcommunitymapping.org/default.htm

  6. Who is involved in community mapping? • Community organizations • Citizen associations • Non-Profit Organizations • Other locally-situated civil institutions • Minority and specialized groups

  7. Importance of Community Mapping Improve and increase public involvement • Allow the community and its members an opportunity to evaluate design and planning proposals and visualize the impacts that decisions may have on the future of a community A significant contribution to geography • Process of collecting and improving geospatial data • Enhancing our knowledge of the Earth • Local focus • Engaging citizens

  8. Importance of Community Mapping • A desire to fill gaps in available data • Especially in areas where data are not available • Or where access is denied for security • Help the average person advance with technology • Not just a select few (technical experts) who know ‘what to do’

  9. Wikimapia • http://wikimapia.org An Example

  10. Who we taught Coastal CURA LCS • Kingstech NSCC Campus • As part of their Wellness Week, we introduced them to GeoCaching • Coastal CURA • Local community group concerned with Maritime water resources • Lawrencetown Consolidated School • Introduced Grade 4 students to GPS and how to map in Google Earth • Bridgetown High School • Demonstrated to grade 9’s how to collect GPS data and display in Google Earth • Bridgetown Elementary School • Introduced Grade 4 students to GPS and how to map in Google Earth

  11. Methods of Instruction • Modified and created a variety of PowerPoint presentations • Hands-On learning with the GPS units and with the HP Tablets • Moodle for continued learning and access all presentations and reference material • Demonstrate to teachers ways to incorporate GPS/GIS into the academic curriculum

  12. Lesson Plan • Brief Introduction to GPS and how to use the GPS units (Garmin GPSmap 76x) • Outside to collect GPS points and tracks

  13. Lesson Plan • Download collected points and tracks • Demonstrate how to display collected data in Google Earth

  14. Presentations/ Tutorials made that are available on Moodle

  15. Reference Material http://www.gissandbox.net/moodle

  16. Coastal CURA March 6 & 7 Lawrencetown Consolidated School May 13 & 15

  17. Workshops underdevelopment • Coastal CURA: • Workshop focused more on GIS using various (free) available software with attention on each member’s personal GIS needs • School Groups • Visiting more classes and demonstrating how to use GPS and the HP Tablets • Find GIS software for teachers to use and show students (ArcVoyager, ArcExplorer Student Edition)

  18. Cultural MappingGreg Baeker, Cultural Mapping Tools; Connecting Place, Culture, and Economy for the Creation of Local Wealth, Municipal World, Sept. 2009, p13. Creative Cultural Industries Community Cultural Organizations Festivals and Events Facilities and Spaces Cultural Resources Natural Heritage Cultural Heritage

  19. Cultural Strategic Plan • Multi-stakeholder Steering Group • Cultural resource mapping • Community identity mapping • Community engagement • Council adoption • Cultural Roundtable and implementation Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity

  20. Innovation Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity

  21. Cultural Mapping Cultural Mapping – Two Kinds Resource Mapping ‘Tangibles’ Identity Mapping ‘Intangibles’ Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity

  22. Resource Mapping Cultural Heritage Cultural Facilities Natural Heritage Cultural Resources Non-Profit Cultural Organizations Creative Industries Festivals and Events Cultural Businesses Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity

  23. Community Identity Mapping • Stories are the DNA of culture • What defines this place? • Images • Places • Stories • Unique quality of life • Narrative of culture and place • Authenticity and collective memory Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity

  24. Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity

  25. Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity Help people tell local stories… Invite the community to share their favourites…

  26. Current status of the technology • Base maps • Data Collection • GIS software • Web technology

  27. Demonstration • Define the geography • Themes of interest • Base maps • Web GIS

  28. Future Directions • Community Engagement - Needs analysis - Facilitated meetings • Technology development - shortest path - travel itinerary - linking different objects e.g. video - guided tours

  29. Results from Community Engagement Case Study 1

  30. Results from Community Engagement Case Study 2

  31. Results from Community Engagement Case Study 3

  32. Town of Lunenburg • decide on geographic extent • scale • building footprints • imagery • story line • thematic layers • ownership of date • updating, quality control

  33. Thank you Please Contact: Dr. Bob Maher Senior Research Scientist Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) Middleton, NS Email: robert.maher@nscc.ca Phone: 825-5477

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