[California] Fwd: [IndigMap-UCB] PRESS RELEASE: Indigenous Mapping Network and Google

[Brian Hamlin]

interesting...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Rosemarie McKeon <rosemarie.mckeon at gmail.com>
> Date: February 23, 2010 8:27:27 PM PST
> To: IndigMap UCB <indigmap-ucb at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [IndigMap-UCB] PRESS RELEASE: Indigenous Mapping Network and 
> Google  to host Indigenous Mapping Workshop
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> BERKELEY, Feb, 23, 2010- The Indigenous Mapping Network (IMN) and
> Google will welcome map makers to Google’s Mountain View California
> campus, February 25-26, 2010 for a free geospatial and mobile
> technologies workshop entitled Indigenous Mapping Network/Google
> Tribal Geo Tech Workshop. Participants working with native communities
> will be trained in accessing, using and benefiting from Google’s free
> mapping technologies.  Many indigenous communities are financially
> strapped and need low cost, relevant mapping approaches to address
> their planning, policy and advocacy needs. “They are mapping the
> cultural and natural aspects of their communities, which is tied to
> issues of sovereignty, cultural protection, and land use management,”
> said Rosemarie McKeon, IMN board member and event team member.
>
> Google experts will train participants to use Google Earth, Google
> Maps, and Android phones running Open Data Kit.  The workshop will
> address geospatial issues specific to indigenous communities: privacy
> and security of cultural and community data, collecting mobile data,
> and converting data from proprietary formats to open formats.
>
> Mountain View is located in the ancestral homelands of the Ohlone, and
> Ann Marie Sayers, Tribal Chairperson, Indian Canyon Nation of the
> Ohlone People, will honor the event with a special opening blessing.
> Participants include approximately seventy-five indigenous mapping
> community members, tribal leaders, technical developers, and mapping
> specialists.  The participants hail from the U.S.; British Columbia
> and Ontario, Canada; Peru; Ecuador and New Zealand.
>
> In 2008, students at the University of California, Berkeley organized
> a student chapter of IMN.  Since the chapter’s inception, they have
> hosted a series of speakers covering indigenous applications of
> mapping. The Indigenous Mapping Network - Google Tribal Geo Tech
> Workshop was first conceptualized by Mano Marks, a Google Geo
> Developer Advocate and Rosemarie McKeon, to be a short presentation at
> one of the chapter’s meetings last October. It has evolved into a
> major outreach event, supported by the Google Earth Outreach team,
> Google Geo Developers and Google.org. “Our Google Earth Outreach team
> first started working with indigenous tribes in the Brazilian Amazon
> in 2008 - the Amazon Surui tribe is now using Google Earth and Android
> phones to preserve their culture, protect their rainforest territory
> and create a sustainable economic future. We’re honored and excited
> now to collaborate with IMN in offering an enhanced version of this
> training to scores of tribes and First Nations peoples around the
> world,” said Rebecca Moore, Manager, Google Earth Outreach.
>
> “This event has evolved and grown enormously over the course of a few
> months and it’s still not big enough to accommodate everyone that
> wants to participate,” said, Joshua Arnold, IMN Board member. The
> event Is full to capacity.
>
> The call for participants went out in December and there was a large
> outpouring of applicants from all parts of the globe ranging from
> grassroots community folks to government agencies and university
> researchers.  Interested individuals can look forward to the IMN2010
> conference, “Restoring our Home Places” hosted by the Suquamish Tribe,
> taking place June 2-4 2010.
>
> Conference information can be found at indigenousmapping.net/
> imnconference.html
>
> ###
>
> The mission of Indigenous Mapping Network is to connect native
> communities with the tools needed to protect, preserve, and enhance
> our way of life within our aboriginal territories. This endeavor often
> requires an amalgamation of traditional "mapping" practices and modern
> mapping technologies.
>
> Rosemarie McKeon
> rose at indigenousmapping.net
>
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google 
> Groups "IndigMap UCB" group.
> To post to this group, send email to indigmap-ucb at googlegroups.com.
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
> indigmap-ucb+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit this group at 
> http://groups.google.com/group/indigmap-ucb?hl=en.
>
>