Public Participatory GIS (ppgis), training & webgis in Mare Nostrum Anna Spiteri, IRMCo Haifa, Israel, 5th March 2013
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
Ppgis is a visualization tool that taps local knowledge that cannot be tapped otherwise through perception mapping
perception mapping helps to identify, understand & address issues of spatial relationships of land & coastal ownership on the ground & approach spatial conflicts with a different perspective
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
Ppgis will open doors for various stakeholders & local communities to actively participate in coastal management issues and raise specific socio-economiccultural questions in a local context
Ppgis encourages people to think spatially, read & draw maps & create local perception maps of the desired future of the local coastline
Thus it is an empowering tool that can convey one s own vision to various decision makers!
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
In the ppgis workshops: Who is invited to join & Who is left out? Who is a stakeholder & Who comes from the Local community?
And don t forget to have a gender balance: Aim to have 50% women joining the ppgis process With the webgis Everybody can participate
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
Workshops: Choosing the right venue Roundtable format Conducive to discussions
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
Case study Delineating the boundary Formulating the ppgis theme Filling the webgis with available maps Haifa Kavala Alexandroupolis (border Greece-Turkey) Valencia Malta Aqaba (border Jordan-Israel) Date of start of organisation Date of workshop Contact name/s Main organiser/s List of invitees
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
Some examples from another project
ppgis on the ground: Egypt A historical outlook, before the Aswan Dam & now adapting to a drastic change of agricultural rhythm.. how much water to release into the canals & when?
ppgis on the ground: Italy Using the Sirius tools to reduce the amount of irrigated water presently used will improve Farmers income when the tariff will change from the current /ha to the consumption in /m3 & the Consortium of Sannio Alifano can further increase the area under irrigation.
ppgis on the ground: Turkey Change in farming practices... before they let the land go fallow in between cultivations. now they cannot because of prevailing economics the control of the banks
ppgis on the ground: Brazil Recurring droughts in Forquilha basin mapping for the future how will it look in 10 years time? using the SIRIUS toolset
ppgis on the ground: Brazil Water sharing, 12,000 farmers using water for irrigation with the same infrastructure of the 1970 s designed for much less. Morada Nova in need of maps of irrigated crops that SPIDER can provide
Example: Build a Better Suburb A competition challenging citizens to redesign underutilized spaces for innovative new uses. The competition made use of interactive maps that display local land use patterns, population and housing statistics, educational data, transportation routes and satellite imagery.
What is ppgis? Why do we need it? Who participates? Where do we do it? When do we do it? What can we do with it? How do we do it?
Put ourselves in a real time situation A developer submitted an application for a yacht marina of 200 berths to the Planning Authority which approved the first stage & went to the second stage of public consultation.
Ppgis & role playing our roles: The Planning authority planner; The developer + architect willing to invest millions; Ministry of tourism promoting the development; Ministry of transport ready to widen the coastal road into 4 lane; Ministry of environment who also approved the first stage; Maritime Authority who will manage the marina; Local fishermen earning a living or owning a boat for leisure; Local community who enjoy a family friendly promenade & swimming and do not want to loose their recreational space; NGO who engaged a socio-anthropologist to study the impact of the development on the local community; The local council
Keep in mind the policies we heard yesterday adopt a long term perspective, i.e. long term impacts, setback of 100 metres Etc, etc
We will draw a perception map of how we all desire the coast to look like! But also be prepared to compromise.? We stop for a few minutes to visualise the coastline we start by drawing up a legend
The third part..the web GIS
A practical guide for the use of ppgis (& webgis) for ICZM in the Mediterranean will be ready by M12
ppgis as a means to generate participatory involvement can be done on paper & can also be done directly in digital format using a tablet
Wacom tablet: http://wacom.eu Tablet has a wide screen Used with special pen Can be projected directly on a wall Save notes, drawings and changes directly to a new file Internet connection Connect with USB port PL 2200 54.6 cm interactive pen tablet: Large 54.6 cm format 1,599.90 (on sale currently) PL 1600 39.6 cm interactive pen tablet: Portable 39.6 cm format 1,099.90
How to make perception maps accessible online? We start building a webgis
WebGIS in Mare Nostrum Available maps to build a GIS database Perception maps Web GIS
WebGIS Map Compiler Delineation of our Case Study areas Availability and accessibility of data and data-layers in our case study area: o Base maps o Legal-institutional data o Environmental data o Socio-economic data o Thematic maps
Online webgis A selection of data layers of each case study area will be presented in the webgis, e.g.: Land cover Population density Geology to be used in the stakeholder workshops to spark discussion: the maps provide information and serve as a reference for the drawing of local perception maps
Online webgis Accessing webgis through a portal (on the Mare Nostrum website), e.g.:
Digital perception maps We can create local perception maps in digital format using simple, freely available software, such as Google Maps: Create points Create lines Create polygons Add information, pictures and links These local perception maps in digital format can be then be saved and shared privately (in Google Maps/Earth.kml format) and/or converted (to.gml format) and uploaded to the online MapServer map portal
ppgis & WebGIS Alternative toolkit Observatory