Transcript Terratruth & Living Atlas

Land Use Planning & Referral Systems
Presentation for the
Southern Tribal Council and
Large / Unaffiliated First Nations of Ontario
October 25, 2012
Grant Gilron
Technical Solutions Coordinator
Ecotrust Canada
Overview
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Ecotrust Canada
Aboriginal Mapping Network (AMN)
Terratruth
The Living Atlas
Case studies
Questions & Answers
Ecotrust Canada
• Mission – support the emergence of a
conservation economy
• An enterprising non-profit, working at the
intersection of conservation and
community economic development
Philosophy
• Respect for People in place, local decision
making
• Information democracy
• Economy, Ecology and Equity
Approach
• Provide tools to support decision making
• Program Strengths:
– forestry, fisheries and other resource
industries
– provide GIS, mapping, cartography services
– triple bottom line business planning
Ecotrust Programs
– Fisheries
• Traceability (http://thisfish.info/)
• Electronic Monitoring
• Fisheries Diversification Model
– Forestry / Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM)
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification
• Traceability (http://thisforest.net/)
• Local resource use and economic development
– Qwii-qwiq-sap: Standing tree to standing home
Ecotrust Programs
– Knowledge Systems & Planning
• Skeena Habitat Mapping Project
• customized database solutions
• Living Atlas, Terratruth
– Community Economic Development
• Cumulative Impact Assessments
• Business Plan Developments
• Feasibility Studies
Aboriginal Mapping Network
• established in 1998 as a joint initiative of the
Gitxsan and Ahousaht First Nations and Ecotrust
Canada
• mandate to support aboriginal and indigenous
peoples facing similar issues (i.e. land claims,
treaty negotiations and resource development)
• valuable strategic resource for practitioners of
traditional knowledge mapping around the world
http://nativemaps.org/
What’s the core idea?
To support communities in their efforts to track and
evaluate impacts of proposed land use activities in their
territories.
Who are the key players?
• First Nations, external proponents, communities,
municipalities, land use planners
• Current Partners:
Lil'wat, Haida, Okanagan Nation Alliance, Northeast
Superior Forestry Community / Northeast Superior
Regional Chiefs' Forum
What are the advantages of Terratruth?
• Enables accessible, land use activity decision-making,
by multiple non-technical users
• Usable in standard web browsers
• Implemented through a collaborative partnership
model
• Built on open source technology, resulting in low
development and implementation costs
Features
• User authentication (user login required for access)
• Data encryption employing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Data-driven
• Customizable reporting
• Image rectification (i.e. rubber sheeting)
• ESRI Shapefile upload or creation
• Third party upload of proposed activity data
• Meta data management
• Download to Google Earth for further visualization
Technology / Application Stack
• Django Web Development Framework (Python)
• Postgres/PostGIS relational database back-end
• OpenLayers - JavaScript library for displaying map
data in web browsers
• MapServer – Spatial data visualization
• ExtJS (user interface widgets)
All components built with Open Source technology
http://terratruth.info/
An interactive thematic atlas focused on the changing
geography of communities over time
What’s the core idea?
The Atlas supports an appreciation and
understanding of the Nuu-chah-nulth term
'Hishuk ish tsawalk' or 'everything is one and all is
interconnected'.
This is achieved by tracking specific knowledge
themes over time with different voices and
information types.
An interactive thematic atlas focused on the changing
geography of communities over time
Features
• Web-based mapping
• Data grouped by theme
• Multimedia content (photos, video, stories)
• Time slider displaying data chronology
• User authentication
(for upload of spatial data and multimedia)
An interactive thematic atlas focused on the changing
geography of communities over time
Technology
• Django Web Development Framework (Python)
• Postgres/PostGIS relational database
• OpenLayers, MapServer (WMS & WFS), jQuery
• All components built with open source software
An interactive thematic atlas focused on the changing
geography of communities over time
Who are the key players?
• First Nations
• Forestry Communities
• Municipalities
• Schools
An interactive thematic atlas focused on the changing
geography of communities over time
Current Partners:
• Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations (livingatlas.org)
• Okanagan Nation Alliance (voicesontheland.org)
• Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (cstc.livingatlas.org)
• The Northeast Superior Forestry Community /
Northeast Superior Regional Chiefs' Forum
(atlas.nsfc.ca)
• First Nations Technology Council of BC
(atlas.kingcome.ca, atlas.tseshaht.com)
Thank you!
Grant Gilron – [email protected]
Technical Solutions Coordinator
Ecotrust Canada
Clara Lauziere – [email protected]
General Manager
Northeast Superior Forest Community