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80% of the information that we as tax payers have paid for is about the landscape. So what we’re going to do in this project is add value to the NT map because the way we are going to do it has not been done before. What we are going to do is we’re going to attach media to specific locations on the NT map. So that you can go to one location and if you want to know more you can drill into it, by fixing a GPS position to a place in the NT. And soon, all maps are going to be like this! Fred Richardson - Project Officer
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NT Parks and Wildlife identified a specific skills shortfall in the ITC skills capacity of Indigenous new recruits and existing trainees. As well as up-skilling Indigenous employees in general ITC capacity this project will deliver web 2 focused training in Alice Springs that will enable participants to: • build multimedia content
• collaborate over the net on its development and
• Distribute it via the mechanisms available on Web 2.0.
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The team included Indigenous people employed in the NT Tourism Industry with NT Parks and Wildlife, Institute for Aboriginal Development staff from the Language and Culture Centre, and management and staff of NT Parks and Wildlife. In much Aboriginal art we can see landscapes that include rich cultural information such as songlines, weather elements, stories, animals, people and even personal experiences written/drawn right into the canvas. |
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On most Western maps we see a bunch of very accurate elevation squiggles, roads, placenames and GPS coordinates. Merging both these map styles allows us to put nice media stories into computer maps. Loading these maps into Next G mobile phones and portable satellite navigation devices allows us to share our multicultural stories easily by hand or over the Web. |
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Check out old Alice Springs in Second Life.
For more information contact the Institute for Aboriginal Development