City of Melbourne Urban Forest Crowdmap
The City of Melbourne is piloting a crowd-sourcing platform for community consultation on the urban forest.
This Crowdmap is intended to collect information provided by members of the public about what they like in the urban forest and what they would like to see more of or what they would like to change. This information will be used in the development of urban forest precinct plans across the City. These plans will guide street tree planning and greening by precinct over the next 10 years. In 2013, we will develop plans for Carlton, South Yarra, the CBD and East Melbourne.
This platform is provided by Ushahidi and was initially developed as a tool for citizens to map and report incidents of ethnic violence in Kenya. Ushahidi recognized a need for such a platform to be used around the world. The platform has largely been used to sort and display data during humanitarian and environmental crises. The open, easy to use platform lends itself well to having many people reporting on, and commenting on, events or features in a particular location.
To submit information, use the web Submit on the Report page.
The free iPhone and Android apps for Ushahidi are available. Search for 'Ushahidi' where you download apps. You can view reports or submit reports using the apps. To access the site using the app click on the plus button on the bottom right of the screen and add a new deployment with the following details; Name: Melbourne Urban Forest Crowdmap, URL: http://melbourneurbanforest.crowdmap.com
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that this site is hosted on a third party platform called Crowdmap. The mapping functionality being used is provided by a third party organisation called Ushahidi, developer of the Crowdmap application. The City of Melbourne is not responsible for the privacy practice or content provided by Ushahidi. We encourage you to read their privacy policy before submitting any personal information.
When posting or updating content on the Crowdmap site it is a public action. All comment and personal information which you include in your post may be published on the Crowdmap website. If you do not want your personal information to be published on the internet, then please do not include it in your post. Your Crowdmap account name or IP address will be published with your post.
When submitting a post, you have the option of providing your name and email address in the 'Optional Information' fields. While this 'optional information' will be stored by Ushahidi, it will only be used by the City of Melbourne for the purpose of communicating further information relevant to the urban forest. The optional information will not be used for any marketing or promotion purposes. Aside from Ushahidi, the optional information will not be provided to any party without your consent, unless authorised by law.
All attempts will be made to ensure the security and privacy of the information provided for the map however we are reliant on third party providers to ensure this.
If you have any concerns about the personal information you have provided on Crowdmap, please contact the Urban Forester at the City of Melbourne on 9658 9658.
This Crowdmap is intended to collect information provided by members of the public about what they like in the urban forest and what they would like to see more of or what they would like to change. This information will be used in the development of urban forest precinct plans across the City. These plans will guide street tree planning and greening by precinct over the next 10 years. In 2013, we will develop plans for Carlton, South Yarra, the CBD and East Melbourne.
This platform is provided by Ushahidi and was initially developed as a tool for citizens to map and report incidents of ethnic violence in Kenya. Ushahidi recognized a need for such a platform to be used around the world. The platform has largely been used to sort and display data during humanitarian and environmental crises. The open, easy to use platform lends itself well to having many people reporting on, and commenting on, events or features in a particular location.
To submit information, use the web Submit on the Report page.
The free iPhone and Android apps for Ushahidi are available. Search for 'Ushahidi' where you download apps. You can view reports or submit reports using the apps. To access the site using the app click on the plus button on the bottom right of the screen and add a new deployment with the following details; Name: Melbourne Urban Forest Crowdmap, URL: http://melbourneurbanforest.crowdmap.com
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that this site is hosted on a third party platform called Crowdmap. The mapping functionality being used is provided by a third party organisation called Ushahidi, developer of the Crowdmap application. The City of Melbourne is not responsible for the privacy practice or content provided by Ushahidi. We encourage you to read their privacy policy before submitting any personal information.
When posting or updating content on the Crowdmap site it is a public action. All comment and personal information which you include in your post may be published on the Crowdmap website. If you do not want your personal information to be published on the internet, then please do not include it in your post. Your Crowdmap account name or IP address will be published with your post.
When submitting a post, you have the option of providing your name and email address in the 'Optional Information' fields. While this 'optional information' will be stored by Ushahidi, it will only be used by the City of Melbourne for the purpose of communicating further information relevant to the urban forest. The optional information will not be used for any marketing or promotion purposes. Aside from Ushahidi, the optional information will not be provided to any party without your consent, unless authorised by law.
All attempts will be made to ensure the security and privacy of the information provided for the map however we are reliant on third party providers to ensure this.
If you have any concerns about the personal information you have provided on Crowdmap, please contact the Urban Forester at the City of Melbourne on 9658 9658.
