People on the PGIS/PPGIS LinkedIn group support Participatory mapping, Participatory GIS, Public participation GIS practice, and make use o...

Cambridge University Press has recently (2009) published ' ICT4D ', edited by Tim Unwin. This provides an authoritative and accessib...

Learning and Knowing in Indigenous Societies Today , UNESCO Report Edited by P. Bates, M. Chiba, S. Kube & D. Nakashima, 2009 The loss o...

This very visual book tells the story of the life of an indigenous ‘law woman’ from the East Kimberley area of Western Australia, Queenie Mc...

This video describes how to geotag Picasa photos in Google Earth.

IAPAD has recently updated his list of selected funding opportunities for NGOs, CBOs and researchers . The list includes awards, competition...

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU ( CTA ) has launched a Photo Competition. Participants can win prices up ...

Chief Almir Surui asked Google for help with preserving his Amazon tribe's culture and protect his indigenous territory from deforestati...

Geospatial expert Andrew Turner discusses the current evolution of Where 2.0 and how it is affecting the entire landscape of Web 2.0 and nex...

Geotagging photographs has become an increasingly important aspect of PGIS / PPGIS practice. While the Internet already offers a wide rang...

20-minute video production showing the hands-on aspects of Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) . The video supports all practical aspects of P...

The PGIS/PPGIS Global Forum [ppgis] has steadily grown, reaching a total of 1346 members as of today. Approximately 560 messages have been p...

The Philippines is one of the 17 countries in the world with the richest biodiversity. In March 2006, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-...

Labrador Innu launched the first comprehensive cultural website dedicated entirely to Aboriginal place names. Called Pepamuteiati nitassinat...

The CGDI IP project developed a OGC Web Feature / Web Map Service partnership network across Canada, demonstrating a variety of scenarios in...

The 2009 ESRI geographic information system (GIS) technology grants for the U.S. 4-H Youth Development Program are open for application unt...

Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: Conservation Through Self-Determination Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers La...

According to Alain Retiere, Director of UNOSAT , the programme has reached the required maturity to become independent from the administrati...

Those who would use information and communication technology (ICT) in the cause of peace need to be cognizant of the risks as well as the be...

I have just come back from Namibia where I attended the " African Indigenous Peoples’ Workshop on effective use of GITs and ICTs in adv...