Participatory Map of Rio de Janeiro
ISBN 978-85-88783-11-9
Authors
1Arueira, L.R.; 2Medeiros, M.; 3Souza, L.
1INSTITUTO PEREIRA PASSOS (CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO) Email: arueiraipp@gmail.com
2INSTITUTO PEREIRA PASSOS (CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO) Email: marcomedeiros.gis@gmail.com
3INSTITUTO PEREIRA PASSOS (CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO) Email: leandrogs86@gmail.com
Abstract
Instituto Pereira Passos (IPP) is the department of Rio de Janeiro City Hall responsible for the maintenance of the cartographic database and management of municipal geoprocessing system. Through its City Information Division (DIC), the Institute performs the collection, analysis and production of information, disseminated in the form of tables, maps, studies and web application, being considered a department of excellence and national reference in the management of geographic information. One of the missions of the Institute is to promote the integration and consolidation of information from several sources, aiming the production of knowledge for more efficiency in the planning, implementing and monitoring of public policies, and also for the dissemination of information for better knowledge of the city by its residents. Usual sources of data area the municipal administration and other technical and academic institutions. Aiming to receive the contribution and provide a diagnosis of the city by the citizens themselves, IPP developed the Participatory Map of the City of Rio de Janeiro. The work was initiated in poor communities, with the provision of cartographic databases of the city on an ArcGIS Online platform, on which the citizens include information of interest collected on mobile or desktop. Examples of information collect by the dwellers are urban equipment (schools, cultural spaces), shopping areas and other points of interest, like the ones related with sports and leisure events. The idea of a collaborative map has emerged from the need to design a tool for the public, where the citizens could not only customize maps and include information from the locality, but also find information according to their own interests. The map facilitate access to information and allow citizens to identify information from where they live, integrating it into the city.
Keywords
collaborative map; citizen participation; Rio de Janeiro