Consensus in Mapping
In this piece, I will specifically talk about community-led field mapping and how terrestrial imagery and consensus can be used to improve the accuracy of data....
Tag: Participatory Mapping
Mapping Drainage
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read parts one, two, three, four, and five here. As m...
Creating a Base Map of Zanzibar
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read part one, two and three here. Geo-services are b...
Community Development/Community Land/Economic Development/Environment/Land/Property Rights/Public Services/Research/Spatial Collective
Affordable Tools for Demarcation of Land are Widely Available
We cannot do the all the work alone. There are not enough of us. Joe Kheti, Kenyan Surveyor This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applyi...
Community Development/Economic Development/Environment/GIS/Informal Economy/Mapping/Mathare/Public Services/Spatial Collective/Survey
Project Planning (Video)
Project planning is essential for successful implementation of activities. Get it right and the project runs like a well-oiled machine. Mess it up, and the outp...
Community Development/Crime/Economic Development/Gender/GIS/Mapping/Research/Safety/Security/Small Data/Spatial Collective/Violence
Mapping Safe and Unsafe Areas in Informal Settlements
In our efforts to determine safe and unsafe areas of Soweto Kayole – as perceived by the residents, we first developed a base map of the area. Around twen...
Community Development/Community Land/Economic Development/Environment/GIS/Mapping/Spatial Collective/Training
Mapping Community Land in Tana River
We are currently in Tana River supporting the work of Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) and their partners Namati and Oxfam in using mapping and Geographic Information ...
Paper Mapping
The approaches to paper mapping are well described by Mikel in his blog post called Paper Mapping in Community Meetings. What I would like to add to his points ...