Developing a Software Tool for Participatory Photo Mapping (PPM) based on Open-Source GIS Software

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Abstract

In the fields of public health and minority studies, an approach called "participatory photomapping (PPM)" (Dennis et al., 2009) has been proposed as a method to enable citizens themselves to promote safety initiatives in their immediate communities based on objective data.
As a tool to support this approach, we have been working on porting "Kiki-Gaki Map," a tool developed in our previous research to support the creation of safety inspection maps, to an open-source GIS as a plug-in (a program to extend functionality). In this report, we discuss the development status of this software tool to date and its implications for citizen-participatory crime prevention.

Author

• Yutaka Harada, Rissho University