How participatory mapping can drive community empowerment - a case study of Koffiekraal, South Africa

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2014.924866" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2014.924866</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2014.924866" target="_blank" >10.1080/03736245.2014.924866</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How participatory mapping can drive community empowerment - a case study of Koffiekraal, South Africa

Original language description

Maps were historically used to govern cities, states and nations, to support colonial and army operations and to maintain the superior position of those with power. Participatory mapping and community empowerment are new trends in the development discourse that allow local communities to become part of the power structures and influence what is mapped and what is on the map. Open-source and collaborative mapping projects such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) are designed to support community empowerment and to ensure that high-quality bias-free data are available to everyone regardless of their origin, social status and position within the power structure. In this paper, I will describe the main advantages and disadvantages of the OSM and Google Map Maker for participatory mapping. Second, I will use the example of Koffiekraal village in the North-West province, South Africa, to analyse coverage and data quality of two different data sets. Third, I will discuss a possible community project based

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

South African Geographical Journal

ISSN

0373-6245

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

97

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

ZA - SOUTH AFRICA

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

18-30

UT code for WoS article

000346842700002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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