Description of current activities of Mapping for Change, and the new community mapping system, as well as other technologies are being used in community mapping and citizen science.
2. Mapping for Change (MfC): What we do &
why
Structured process for engagement
Examples: air quality & participation in
planning
Current & Future directions in participatory
mapping
3. Who are we?
Social enterprise based at UCL; founded in 2008;
built on over a decade worth of experience from
its foundling organisations.
Promotes and supports community-based
initiatives towards building more sustainable
communities, by using of participatory mapping,
geospatial technologies and citizen science.
Specialises in community mapping, citizen science,
and using online & off-line community
engagement.
4. Why Mapping?
To represent local knowledge
To assist with data gathering for research
To create new/alternative maps
To educate and communicate with external
agencies and decision-makers
To identify data gaps
To make comparisons between areas
To expose complex social/spatial interactions
To identify key issues for action planning
5. Our Model of Engagement
Participatory Research:
Co-design
Co-determination
Flexibility
Iterative cycles
Alternative pathways for
different levels of participation
Varies according to nature of
community engaged
6. Our Work
Air quality
Community severance
Noise pollution
Urban accessibility
School of trainers
7. Widely distributed press release
targeted at politicians and media
Follow-up with Wandsworth
Council, TfL and Mayor’s Office
Key achievement in persuading
TfL to introduce hybrid and
retrofitted buses
Putney Air Quality Monitoring Outcome 2012
17. The future of participatory mapping
• Mixed methods: paper, online & mobile combined
• Community & participant centred design
• Working through multiple platforms & channels
• Data sharing & management