Mapping Services
Geographic Information Systems or GIS is key to empowering communities and First Nations. Knowledge is power and effective decision-making requires the ability to manage vast amounts of information and data.
Ecotrust Canada has an award-winning GIS team that has provided GIS services to more than two dozen First Nations and communities in BC over the last 14 years. Our experienced staff can provide expertise in strategic GIS assessments for resource management, spatial analysis and cartography. These services are geared toward building sustained local capacity and giving communities the tools required for effective marine-use and land-use decision-making. We also host the Aboriginal Mapping Network.
Mapping services:
- Community GIS needs assessments
- GIS program planning & implementation
- Capacity building & training
- Use & occupancy research & best practices
- Cartography
- Referrals assessments & support
- Terrestrial & marine spatial analysis & modeling
- Online data, spatial analysis & mapping tools
- Aboriginal Mapping Network
Icon collection for Use and Occupancy Maps
Ecotrust Canada cartographer and GIS trainer Eliana Macdonald, collaborating with a number of sources and First Nations practitioners, has been working to put together a collection of use and occ
living atlasproject_name:living atlasOver the years, communities have collected reams and reams of data related to changes on the landbase over time. This data, however, has never been compiled in a format that allows those commu-nities to share and use it in any meaningful way.
LIVING ATLASproject name:LIVING ATLASA new web-based mapping tool is showing Clayoquot residents how climate change may affect them, which areas were logged in the past 40 years, and how wildlife populations have changed over time.
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