community mapping: engaging the public
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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, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Community Mapping: engaging the publicDr. Bob Maher, Senior Research Scientist
Applied Geomatics Research GroupMiddleton, Nova Scotia
Oct 28, 2009Lunenburg Heritage Society
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”.
“we should be working, now, on a massive popularly-constructed oral-history mapping project”.
“mapping the North through stories”
“ 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
QuotationWade Davis, The Wayfinders, Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, CBC Massey Lectures 2009. Chapter 2 p35
Overview
1. Some basic definitionscommunity mappingcultural mapping
2. Current status of the technology3. Case Study: Port George and Fundy Communities
Development Association (FCDA)4. Future Research directions5. Opportunities for Lunenburg Heritage Society6. Questions
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.
- Wansoo Im, Ph.D Centre for Community Mapping, May 14, 2008
http://www.centerforcommunitymapping.org/default.htm
Who is involved in community mapping?
• Community organizations• Citizen associations• Non-Profit Organizations• Other locally-situated civil institutions• Minority and specialized groups
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
• 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’
Importance of Community Mapping
Who we taught
• 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
Coastal CURA
LCS
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
Lesson Plan
• Brief Introduction to GPS and how to use the GPS units (Garmin GPSmap 76x)
Outside to collect GPS points and tracks
Lesson Plan
Download collected points and tracks
Demonstrate how to display collected data in Google Earth
Presentations/ Tutorials made that
are available on Moodle
Coastal CURA
March 6 & 7
Lawrencetown Consolidated
School
May 13 & 15
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)
Creative Cultural Industries Community CulturalOrganizations
Natural Heritage
Festivals and Events
Cultural Heritage
Facilities and SpacesCultural Resources
Cultural MappingGreg Baeker, Cultural Mapping Tools; Connecting Place, Culture, and Economy for the Creation of Local Wealth, Municipal World, Sept. 2009, p13.
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
Innovation
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Cultural Mapping – Two Kinds
Cultural Mapping
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Resource Mapping‘Tangibles’
Identity Mapping ‘Intangibles’
Cultural Resources
Natural Heritag
e
Cultural Heritage
Cultural Facilities
Non-Profit Cultural
Organizations
Cultural Businesse
s
Creative Industries
Festivals and
Events
Resource Mapping
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
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
Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Invite the community to share their favourites…
Help people tell local stories…Ref. Dr. Greg Baeker, Senior Consultant with AuthentiCity
Current status of the technology
1. Base maps2. Data Collection3. GIS software4. Web technology
Demonstration
1. Define the geography2. Themes of interest3. Base maps4. Web GIS
Future Directions
1. Community Engagement - Needs analysis
- Facilitated meetings2. Technology development
- shortest path- travel itinerary- linking different objects e.g.
video- guided tours
Case Study 1
Results from Community Engagement
Case Study 2
Results from Community Engagement
Results from Community Engagement
Case Study 3
Town of Lunenburg
1. decide on geographic extent2. scale3. building footprints4. imagery5. story line6. thematic layers7. ownership of date8. updating, quality control
Please Contact:
Dr. Bob MaherSenior Research ScientistApplied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG)Middleton, NS
Email: [email protected]: 825-5477
Thank you