ICT Update Issue 54, April 2010: Mapping
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Anyone with access to the internet can find free high-resolution satellite images and web 2.0 applications to create and customize maps. Rural communities can document natural resources in their surroundings that are important to their livelihoods. Farmers can plot out and measure the exact size of their land. And indigenous peoples can assign the traditional names to rivers and mountains in their area. They no longer have to rely on, or accept, the maps that were previously only produced by specialists, governments and international institutions.
IN THIS ISSUE
‘Perhaps the greatest value of community mapping comes from the actual process of creating the map.’ Dr Jon Corbett, assistant professor of community culture and global studies, University of British Columbia, Canada.
‘Using SMS, various web mapping applications can collect reports from previously inaccessible situations.’ Brian Herbert, a software engineer with Ushahidi. »
and more….
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