AGRG proposal submission to the Rural Secretariat under the Community Development Program

1. Community Mapping, web GIS and the Creative Rural Economy Dr. Bob Maher Applied Geomatics Research Group Nova Scotia Community College

2. Community Mapping, Web GIS and the Creative Rural Economy Community Mapping Web GIS Creative Rural Economy methodology technology application Proposal Submitted By Dr. Bob Maher, AGRG August 2009

4. Web GIS Web GIS allows access to GIS functions over the internet. This may include interactive maps, trip planning and analysis EXAMPLES:

8. History of Web GIS at AGRG 1 Online training materials for community Information Database (CID) 2 Provincial online wind and solar atlas 3 Creative Annapolis website 4 Grape growers of Nova Scotia (GGANS)

9. History of Creative Rural Economy at AGRG Workshop on the Creative Rural Economy at Annapolis Royal in March 2009 Collaboration with Greg Baeker at AuthentiCity Ontario on cultural mapping Collaboration with Brian Arnott at Novita, NS on cultural mapping

10. The Proposal Establish additional capacity at AGRG (two positions: community engagement, technical support) Build spatial database to support web GIS for the Creative Rural Economy Year 1: focus on Annapolis and Digby County (ADEDA) Year 2: focus on Annapolis to Queens County (SNBRA)

12. The Proposal Rural Secretariat 100,000 100, 000 In-Kind NSCC 60,000 60,000 ADEDA 10,000 10,000 NS ERD 10,000 10,000 NS Tourism 10,000 10,000 NS Agriculture 10,000 10,000 Other sources 10,000 10,000 (in-kind) Year 1 Year 2

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17. Thank You Please Contact: Dr. Bob Maher Senior Research Scientist Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) Middleton, NS Email: [email_address] Phone: 825-5477