Community Mapping, web GIS and the Creative Rural Economy Dr. Bob Maher Applied Geomatics Research Group Nova Scotia Community College

Community Mapping, Web GIS and the Creative Rural Economy Community Mapping Web GIS Creative Rural Economy methodology technology application Proposal Submitted By Dr. Bob Maher, AGRG August 2009

Community Mapping Community Mapping is empowering citizens and community groups with the concept, the tools and access to base maps so that they can design, develop and deliver their own maps on the internet EXAMPLES Creative Annapolis the lost village of Roxbury cemeteries on Digby Neck

Community Mapping is empowering citizens and community groups with the concept, the tools and access to base maps so that they can design, develop and deliver their own maps on the internet

EXAMPLES

Creative Annapolis

the lost village of Roxbury

cemeteries on Digby Neck

Web GIS Web GIS allows access to GIS functions over the internet. This may include interactive maps, trip planning and analysis EXAMPLES:

Creative Rural Economy The concept of Richard Florida applied to rural Canada. EXAMPLE: for the Annapolis Valley agriculture , e.g. Vineyards tourism, e.g. artisans cultural/history/arts e.g. history of Port George small businesses e.g. Geomatics/IT companies

The concept of Richard Florida applied to rural Canada.

EXAMPLE: for the Annapolis Valley

agriculture , e.g. Vineyards

tourism, e.g. artisans

cultural/history/arts e.g. history of Port George

small businesses e.g. Geomatics/IT companies

Applied Geomatics Research Group Located in Middleton part of the NSCC applied research in Geomatics four Research Scientists staff – 17 access to unique technologies

Located in Middleton

part of the NSCC

applied research in Geomatics

four Research Scientists

staff – 17

access to unique technologies

History of Community Mapping at AGRG GPS for community groups e.g. Annapolis Fruit growers Mobile Geomatics Lab e.g. Lawrencetown Elementary School Case studies: FCDA: history of Port George Town of Annapolis Royal: Creative Annapolis Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute: Lake Atlas Lost Villages: Roxbury, Margo, Electric City Moodle website for CID and other presentations

GPS for community groups e.g. Annapolis Fruit growers

Mobile Geomatics Lab e.g. Lawrencetown Elementary School

Case studies:

FCDA: history of Port George

Town of Annapolis Royal: Creative Annapolis

Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute: Lake Atlas

Lost Villages:

Roxbury, Margo, Electric City

Moodle website for CID and other presentations

History of Web GIS at AGRG 1 Online training materials for community Information Database (CID) 2 Provincial online wind and solar atlas 3 Creative Annapolis website 4 Grape growers of Nova Scotia (GGANS)

History of Creative Rural Economy at AGRG Workshop on the Creative Rural Economy at Annapolis Royal in March 2009 Collaboration with Greg Baeker at AuthentiCity Ontario on cultural mapping Collaboration with Brian Arnott at Novita, NS on cultural mapping

The Proposal Establish additional capacity at AGRG (two positions: community engagement, technical support) Build spatial database to support web GIS for the Creative Rural Economy Year 1: focus on Annapolis and Digby County (ADEDA) Year 2: focus on Annapolis to Queens County (SNBRA)

Host workshops for communities Develop online training materials for transfer to other communities Specific themes: Agriculture Tourism Small businesses Cultural/history/arts The Proposal

Host workshops for communities

Develop online training materials for transfer to other communities

Specific themes:

Agriculture

Tourism

Small businesses

Cultural/history/arts

The Proposal Rural Secretariat 100,000 100, 000 In-Kind NSCC 60,000 60,000 ADEDA 10,000 10,000 NS ERD 10,000 10,000 NS Tourism 10,000 10,000 NS Agriculture 10,000 10,000 Other sources 10,000 10,000 (in-kind) Year 1 Year 2

Deliverable Web GIS for Annapolis-Digby Counties Web GIS for Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Workshop on Creative Rural Economy- Greg Baeker/Celes Davar Workshops on updating local data by communities Online tutorials and training materials Organizational structure for coordination of GIS in the region provincial/municipal/NSCC/community groups Report to the Rural Secretariat on transfer to other rural communities Capacity building: rural communities and NSCC

Web GIS for Annapolis-Digby Counties

Web GIS for Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve

Workshop on Creative Rural Economy- Greg Baeker/Celes Davar

Workshops on updating local data by communities

Online tutorials and training materials

Organizational structure for coordination of GIS in the region provincial/municipal/NSCC/community groups

Report to the Rural Secretariat on transfer to other rural communities

Capacity building: rural communities and NSCC

Examples

Thank You Please Contact: Dr. Bob Maher Senior Research Scientist Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) Middleton, NS Email: [email_address] Phone: 825-5477