On Wednesday July 22, the Abyei Arbitration Council will announce its “Award”at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. Latest act ...

Map symbols should be designed or chosen according to principles of logic and communication to serve as a graphic code for storing and retri...

In November 2007 " Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) for Resource Use, Development Planning and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Herit...

A 3D model of the Mutton Hole Wetlands near Normanton has been developed as a starting point for community consultation and discussion about...

Q1: Dear Million, could you briefly introduce yourself and the organisation you are working for? My name is Million Belay. I am Ethiopian. I...

MELCA Mahiber, an Ethiopian NGO member of the African Biodiversity network (ABN), facilitated the construction of a large Participatory 3D M...

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...