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​​​WHY DOES MAPPING MATTER?

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Knowledge is a form of power, and community maps are the facilitative tool to transmit this power to ordinary citizens. ​

Participatory mapping is a process in which individual threads of concerns and ideas are woven together, to create a meaningful narrative that highlights possibilities and unifies the power of people.

​It creates a platform where people can make informed decisions to plan and develop their neighborhoods and cities, creating better living conditions. 

Our tours are a chance to:
-Learn about the most colourful part of the city
-Meet inspiring individuals
-Help support local initiatives. 
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NEWS


GCMC will launch a mapathon program
April, 2017

GCMC team was awarded a HOT Microgrant, by Humanitarian Open Street Map. 
The Ger Community Mapping Center has been working in the ger areas of Ulaanbaatar since 2012, mapping various urban services and service access to understand the social, economic and environmental issues, from the local community perspectives. 
Our efforts to promote data-based decision-making with participation from local community members is taken one step further with the support from HOT Microgrants Program. 
GCMC's new Mapathon Program will build capacities of local youth, provide high quality open-access data and promote equal access to data for self-empowerment of local communities. 
Support our "Make Mapping Possible" Fundraiser
Do you want to take part in humanitarian geography and mapping?

The Ger Community Mapping Center is raising funds to buy the technical tools needed to continue our community mapping efforts in Mongolia. The funds will be used to get tools such as laptops, drone, GPS devices, and cameras. 

Join our fundraiser and learn more about how you can contribute! 
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EM-POWER-MENT THROUGH RE-PRESENTATION
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by Paweł Szczap 
Maps are an interesting phenomenon. While still a child you usually see them either as boring plans you need to study at school or as a means to mind-travel around the world – visit faraway or exotic places both mentally in your head as well as physically with your finger on the map. For many of us maps remain such simple “dual” objects throughout our whole lives. Yet for many others they become much more – a collector’s hobby, a grown person’s plaything, a profession, a object of study, a means of control. Many years ago I was taken by surprise when I understood that maps can help create that for which many struggle with their lives – a more positive and empowering alternative to a reality of injustice, exclusion and oppression.
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RELATED LINKS


 City wide community mapping

​Ulaanbaatar Master Plan 

Ulaanbaatar air quality

Research in ger area
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