Participatory GIS
ICSF — Fishworker Communities
Trained fishing communities along the eastern coast to collect their own GIS data — mapping their land, access routes, waters, and ultimately, their livelihoods.
Clients
Selected projects
Institutional Mapping
Mohamed Sathak Trust
Campus boundary mapping and land records documentation for a major South Indian educational trust.
Estate Mapping
Harangal Estate
DGPS survey and detailed cartographic map of a coffee estate in the Western Ghats, delivered for land records and operational planning. Accompanied by a multilingual heritage map for Harangal’s coffee, exported to German and European markets.
Operational Maps
Bettadamalali Estate
Detailed map of a agricultural land in the Western Ghats, delivered for extensive farm planning and management.
Publication Maps
Cubbon Park
Customized mapping and illustration of Cubbon Park to use for the cover page and dust jacket.
Case Study
Participatory GIS with fishworker communities
With ICSF, we trained fishing communities across South India to collect their own GIS data — mapping their waters and their livelihoods. It is our flagship participatory GIS work: the community holds the map, because the community made the map.
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