Mapping Community
The GIS Mapping Community is dedicated to bringing information to the community by displaying the information geographically on interactive maps. GIS can be utilized in any field. Here are some examples of GIS projects that have involved public participation by communities.
Public Participatory GIS Projects:
GIS4Kids – (GIS for K-12)www.gis4kids.com
This site was born out of our love for GIS (Geographic Information System), and our desire to help broaden the benefits of GIS to all. We are a group of kids at heart, who decided to get together and do something about spreading GIS awareness and its benefits.
IMRivers – (Interactive Mapping Rivers)
www.imrivers.com
A new web site that nonprofit River Network Partner groups can use to develop interactive watershed maps and make them available to the public.
Bike N’ Walk – (Mapping Bikeability and Walkability)
www.bikenwalk.org
Bike ‘N Walk is a program sponsored by Vertices, LLC that is committed to providing affordable and effective interactive mapping applications.
Health Game – (Using GIS to Promote Healthy Games)
www.healthgame.wordpress.com
GIS has many uses but did you ever think that this technology could improve your health? Not many people can come up with ways to use a mapping system to get more active. Well,that’s about to change. The goal of this site is to keep you informed about GIS and its enormous potential to improve apparent decreases in physical activity and fitness which is quickly leading to the emergence of new health trends in obesity and debilitating diseases like diabetes and heart disease.
GIS in Public Health
www.ehealthmap.com
Google Maps and Google Earth has given new meaning to public health professionals who need to utilize GIS as part of their daily research activities. With many available functions via Google Maps API, and ability to be customized and extensive street data layers with aerial photographs available with geocoding and routing functions, researchers can utilize for disease surveillance, data collection, and data visualization.
Safe Route to School
www.saferoutestoschool.wordpress.com
Since 1994, VERTICES, LLC has provided the health care and local government sectors with advanced GIS solutions. VERTICES delivers customized solutions to you in the form of digital maps. Traditional methods of displaying information in columns and rows in a table have evolved into their visualization as digital maps with layers of specific information.