The best and most accurate open map of the world is built WITH the community and FOR the community. #opendata #localknowledge #openstreetmap #openmapping #participatorymapping #mapping #opencommunity

🔍#ParticipatoryMapping is an essential tool that brings #community at the heart of a health emergency response.

Together with colleague Camila Picchio from WHO Regional Office for Europe engaged with community actors, stakeholders, decision-makers and CSOs responding to health needs in emergencies in Pristina (19-20 July).

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"#ParticipatoryMapping is a general term used to define a set of approaches and techniques that combines the tools of modern cartography with participatory methods to record and represent the spatial knowledge of local communities."
explains @RFUK
https://www.mappingforrights.org/participatory-mapping/