Research profiles

Maps are being used increasingly as an interactive tool to deliver large amounts of information, from driving directions and the locations of assets and people, to informing of the spread of illness in a community. Working with Inuit communities in Nunavut and aboriginal communities in the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence area, Carleton University researchers are using software developed at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre to create multi-sensory maps, called living atlases, so these communities can pass on knowledge and information in ways tailored to their cultures.