Participatory GIS Tool for Environmental Conservation (PGIS)

Project details:

Monitoring and protecting the environment is a major goal for various stakeholders due to the continuous degradation by anthropogenic factors and climate change occurrences. Developing web-based geographic information system (GIS) platforms have been proposed as one environmental monitoring tool because of their easy operability, accessibility, and ability to present data. A web-based GIS platform developed from Django and GeoDjango frameworks and PostgreSQL database was deployed for the Muringato catchment to aid in the visualization of near-real-time environmental degradation incidents reported by the local community. The web-GIS platform interface comprised a legend categorized according to the incident type and other functionalities including clustering, zoom in/out, pop-ups, and query to aid end-user interaction with the visualized data. The web-GIS platform provided a platform with near-real-time data to engage various stakeholders for the collaborative conservation efforts of the Muringato catchment.

You can access the Application from the following link: Muringato PGIS