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Living proof : the essential data-collection guide for Indigenous use-and-occupancy map surveys / Terry N. Tobias.
A how-to manual for designing and collecting data for a map project based on a land use-and-occupancy method called the map biography.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781896866062 (bound)
- ISBN: 9781896866079 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 467 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports., forms ; 29 x 37 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Ecotrust Canada : c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes maps on lining papers, hardcover ed. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 448-452) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | ch.1 / Using your maps / Tsleil-Waututh case study -- ch. 2 / Jumping in / use and occupancy mapping -- ch. 3 / Understanding the basics / map biography method -- ch. 4 / Looking at maps / sample map biographies -- ch . 5 / Charting a steady course / research principles -- ch. 6 / Rules of the game / understanding data quality -- ch. 7 / Getting started / advice for early decisions -- ch. 8 / Keeping research on track / project management / -- ch. 9 / Designing the research / map survey parameters -- ch. 10 / Clarity of communication / the questionnaire -- ch. 11 / Things you'll need / the map toolkit -- ch. 12 / Recording spatial data / marking features on maps -- ch. 13 / Documenting the process / the research method -- ch. 14 / A structure for success / the interview procedure -- ch. 15 / The interviewer's bible / the data collection manual -- ch. 16 / A necessary roadtes / interviewer training + pretest -- ch. 17 / Holding it together / the interview relationship -- ch. 18 / Getting community approval / verification of map data -- ch. 19 / A tricky business / place name mapping -- ch. 20 / Good methodology travels / Australian case study -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 / Benchmarking best practices -- Appendix 2 / Tasks of a use and occupancy map survey -- Appendix 3 / Conventional coding systems -- Appendix 4 / Avoiding large polgon problems -- Appendix 5 / Community meetings to define survey parameters -- Appendix 6 / Map toolkit supplies -- Appendix 7 / Adding value to base maps -- More voices : practitioner quotes -- Glossary -- References : recommended reading -- Sources : maps and photography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | HD 108.38 T62 2009 (Text) | 26040003021199 | Main Collection | Not holdable | Missing | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | HD 108.38 T62 2009 (Text) | 26040003394760 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
