PGIS Initiatives run by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
CTA recently released an educational video on CyberTracker technology. The video has been produced in the context of the development of a training kit aimed at supporting the spread of good practice in generating, managing, analysing and communicating spatial information. The 8-minute video is available in English, French and Spanish and covers a number of uses to which the technology can be put in the contexts of development and conservation work.
Video documentary on participatory mapping / PGIS practice
As you know at CTA we are working on the production of a training kit focusing on "Supporting the spread of good practice in generating, managing, analysing and communicating spatial information". In the context of the initiative we plan to produce a 20 min video documentary on PGIS practice. We are therefore on the look for footage which could be used in the process.
CTA 2009 Photo Competition – the Winners!
Please follow the link below to see the winning photographs.
Many thanks to those who submited images and to those who participanted in the contest by voting their preferred photographs.
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In line with is 2007-2010 Strategic Plan, CTA has been spearheading a series of initiatives aimed at sharing lessons learned, identifying gaps and building on institutional and methodological synergies in the field of participatory mapping, also termed Participatory GIS (PGIS).
About Participatory GIS
Participatory GIS is an emergent practice in its own right; developing out of participatory approaches to planning and spatial information and communication management. The practice is the result of a spontaneous merger of Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) methods with Geographic Information Technologies and Systems (GIT&S).
