Community Mapping
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a map is that many times over! For decision-makers, interactive online maps are a particularly rich resource. They offer a visual interpretation of multiple layers of data and can be customized and reworked on the fly.
The Fraser Basin Council has worked with partners in the Thompson region, including the Community Mapping Network (CMN), to make new maps publicly available. Here are examples.
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Shuswap Lake Watershed Atlas
This atlas supports decision-making on proposed shoreline developments in the Shuswap region. Agencies can use the map to help identify and monitor the ecological condition of the shoreline and evaluate fish and fisheries values. For background, see SLIPP.
Find the SLWA Atlas on the Community Mapping Network.
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Breastfeeding-friendly, family-friendly places in Kamloops
CMN has produced this Google map to give a hand to families who are looking for places that happily accommodate babies and small children. This is a partnership of TRU Nursing, United Way, Make Children First, Fraser Basin Council and Interior Health.
Check it out!
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Kamloops-South Thompson Sustainable Community Atlas
The City of Kamloops, Fraser Basin Council and a number of other partners have worked with the Community Mapping Network to establish this atlas on Kamloops and environs. Layers include:
- Community food security
- Community assets
- Emergency management
- Socio-economic factors
- Recreation and tourism
- Species and habitat
- Economic development
- Heritage and culture
- Geology.
The Sustainable Community Atlas is available on the Community Mapping Network.
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North Thompson Sustainability Watershed Atlas
Layers include land cover, official community plans, private land, zoning, agricultural land reserve, commercial recreation zones, aquifers, floodplain boundaries, species, habitat capability, traplines, outfitter territories and dams.
Visit the Watershed Atlas and watch a YouTube video describing the atlas and support tools.
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