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About the Institute
The Landscape Values and PPGIS Institute is a non-profit consortium of international researchers and planners interested in advancing knowledge about landscape values and PPGIS to improve land allocation and management. Landscape value and special place mapping is a planning technique whose principles are grounded in sustainable land use and environmental protection, meaningful public participation, and the inclusion of multiple values in land use decisionmaking. Landscape value and special place mapping is a type of public participation geographic information system or (PPGIS) used to support land use planning efforts at multiple scales ranging from local, to regional, to national scales.

Within this web site you will find numerous examples of applications, methods, and tools for mapping and analyzing landscape values and special places. You will also find resources to help design and implement landscape value mapping for a variety of planning applications.

Do you want information about setting up an internet-based PPGIS system?

New 04/19/10 PPGIS study in Wyoming maps landscape values/development preferences

New 03/22/10 PPGIS study identifies areas for river conservation

New 03/01/10 First PPGIS website to map ecosystem values and services

New 12/29/09 PGIS study maps social landscape values in Zanzibar, Africa

New 10/04/09 New Report on Using PPGIS to Map Park Visitor Experiences and Env. Impacts

New 8/03/09 Global Climate Change Mapping Project uses PPGIS

New 7/29/09 New Google Earth interface (3D web-based) for interactively displaying park experiences and environmental impacts in the Greater Alpine Region (Victoria, Australia)

New 7/25/09 New Google Maps interface (2D web-based) for interactively displaying park experiences and environmental impacts in the Greater Alpine Region (Victoria, Australia)

New 7/22/09 New Google Maps prototype developed for mapping landscape values

New 6/16/09 New publication describes PPGIS method for national forest planning in the U.S.

New 4/27/09 New report describes spatial mapping of community values for tourism and conservation planning for the Murray River in Australia

New 1/30/09 New web-based PPGIS study maps visitor experiences and environmental impacts in Australia

New 6/5/08 New report explores the relationship between landscape values and climate change risks with data using PPGIS

New 4/3/08 New case study: Using PPGIS to map special places for land use planning in Kittitas County, Washington (U.S.)

New 12/19/07 Interactive mapping of landscape values and development preferences for the Otways Region in Victoria, Australia

New 12/01/07 Interactive mapping of landscape values for the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon

New 11/19/07 Draft Report: Evaluation of Landscape Value and Special Place mapping for National Forest Planning (U.S.) and a protocol for NFS implementation

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