The Landscape Values and PPGIS Institute advocates the use of PPGIS to increase citizen engagement which encourages effective governance. Toward that end, the Institute seeks to work with progressive government agencies and NGOs to provide low cost, turn-key internet-based PPGIS systems for collecting and analyzing data. The Institute is a non-profit entity and only seeks to cover its costs of PPGIS set-up and administration. These costs are quite low and reasonable.

The Institute has provided PPGIS services for agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service (U.S.), Parks Victoria (Australia), and the Department of Conservation (New Zealand) to improve their land use planning processes. The Institute has also worked with The Nature Conservancy in the U.S.

If you would like to learn more about having the Institute set up a PPGIS website for you, contact Greg Brown.