Friday 23 October 2009 presentation at FOSS4G (Free and Open Spatial for Geospatial) Conference in Sydney Australia.
Describes Geomemes work building Community Information Systems for indigenous groups in BC Canada using the Drupal CMS and Open Layers javascript library. Also binds to PostGIS.
The idea of “separation of presentation (form, style) and content” means that data once stored it can be viewed in many ways.And when we say data, we mean everything including text, pdf, doc, spreadsheets, multimedia (images, audio, video), and maps.So, data can be used in a number of ways, and for a number of applications.The clever thing about our approach is that the underlying software (in our case, the Drupal Content Management System, http://drupal.org) was purpose built for collaborative information and multimedia data sharing.We suggest that FNs start with a system for Economic Development/Land Management (including Referrals Tracking). Then add other components like web-forms and views for Language Revitalization and TUS/TEK Data Collection. Later, you can leverage your investment by moving more of your GIS Systems into the common data basket. All the while you can start to let Band members build their own web-pages and access the multimedia content. Eventually, you can use the system to have Band members learn about initiatives before voting - Governance.
CMS: a computer application used to manage work flow needed to collaboratively create, edit, review, index, search, publish and archive various kinds of digital media and electronic texthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system
http://drupal.org/books
Show different features on the same map -(Views/Roles/Permissions)