Open Mapping Initiative

GIS, Data & Government Tech

Access professional-grade geospatial toolkits designed for cultural preservation, biodiversity monitoring, and linguistic advocacy. Powered by open-source data and community-verified repositories.

Cultural Horizon Scan

Cultural Pathways Atlas

See how trade corridors, maritime exchange and resource movement can help explain why cultural practices emerge, adapt and connect.

⚠️ Important: A pathway–node link is not proof of a historical connection — it is a hypothesis. “Might these be connected?” Maybe. “Was this caused by that route?” We don’t know. That’s the point — the map opens questions, not conclusions. Not trying to predict the future or make pretty maps. Just building tools that help surface patterns → relationships → anomalies → questions.
Live ICH Radar data

Heritage nodes come from the public ICH-Radar dataset. Route geometry is simplified for analytical exploration.

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Trade / exchange pathway
Culinary heritage
Shared heritage
Contextual association
Living Heritage

Living Foodways

An interactive recipe-and-practice book built from culinary records already documented in ICH Radar.

Connecting to ICH Radar…

Foodways

Network Analysis GIS

Use Case: Cultural Heritage

A serverless GIS engine identifying culinary heritage patterns. Data is cross-referenced with academic archives and Wikipedia to visualize cross-border cultural influences via network analysis.

Vanilla JS + GAS Launch Map

Biodiversity

Heatmap Visualization

Use Case: Environmental GIS

An interactive real-time dashboard for global biosphere monitoring. Built using open-access species data and community-verified repositories to monitor ecological shifts and hotspots.

Real-time Sync Open Dashboard
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Script Explorer

Digital Linguistic Mapping

Use Case: Digital Advocacy

A specialized advocacy tool visualizing the digital health of 60+ indigenous scripts. Database includes linguistic repositories curated from Wikipedia and Unicode Consortium documentation.

Unicode Tracker Explore Scripts

Data Governance & Collaboration

Information Sources: The mapping databases utilize open-access information from various repositories, including extensive documentation curated from Wikipedia to ensure public verifiability and cross-border knowledge exchange.

Edit Access: We strive for maximum accuracy in our geospatial data. If you have corrections, additional data points, or wish to contribute as a data curator, please contact us via email to request editing permissions.

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