Public Map Platform
@publicmap.bsky.social
Showing that a transparent and trustworthy planning system based on maps made by and for communities is really possible.
Part of the Future Observatory – the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition and funded by the AHRC.
Part of the Future Observatory – the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition and funded by the AHRC.
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Public Map Platform Project Summary - English
YouTube video by Public Map Platform
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Want to know what Public Map Platform is all about? Here’s a fab 2 minute explainer 👇🏻
youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...
youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...
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Today, I'm off to the second WeAll Cymru Festival of Ideas.
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
Public Map: helping to realise a wellbeing economy
Imagine. Go on, take a minute. Close your eyes. Breathe… …and imagine a world where people feel secure in their basic comforts and can use their creative energies to support…
dotiau.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today, I'm off to the second WeAll Cymru Festival of Ideas.
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.
dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...
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A rare foray into the wild for me.
It was a privilege to speak at the @publicmap.bsky.social on inclusive public engagement with the title “Whose voices matter?”
I know we’re not disembodied voices. I’m still wondering what I could have used as a more accurate title. Maybe insights? Or knowledge?
It was a privilege to speak at the @publicmap.bsky.social on inclusive public engagement with the title “Whose voices matter?”
I know we’re not disembodied voices. I’m still wondering what I could have used as a more accurate title. Maybe insights? Or knowledge?
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A rare foray into the wild for me.
It was a privilege to speak at the @publicmap.bsky.social on inclusive public engagement with the title “Whose voices matter?”
I know we’re not disembodied voices. I’m still wondering what I could have used as a more accurate title. Maybe insights? Or knowledge?
It was a privilege to speak at the @publicmap.bsky.social on inclusive public engagement with the title “Whose voices matter?”
I know we’re not disembodied voices. I’m still wondering what I could have used as a more accurate title. Maybe insights? Or knowledge?
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The Tools for Transition exhibition is open at the @designmuseum.bsky.social.
It showcases the 4 @ukri.org AHRC-funded Green Transition Ecosystems:
@transforming-homes.bsky.social, Design HOPES, @futureislandisland.bsky.social and @publicmap.bsky.social
Free to visit from Sept 2025 to Aug 2026.
It showcases the 4 @ukri.org AHRC-funded Green Transition Ecosystems:
@transforming-homes.bsky.social, Design HOPES, @futureislandisland.bsky.social and @publicmap.bsky.social
Free to visit from Sept 2025 to Aug 2026.
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Tools for Transition exhibition is open at the @designmuseum.bsky.social.
It showcases the 4 @ukri.org AHRC-funded Green Transition Ecosystems:
@transforming-homes.bsky.social, Design HOPES, @futureislandisland.bsky.social and @publicmap.bsky.social
Free to visit from Sept 2025 to Aug 2026.
It showcases the 4 @ukri.org AHRC-funded Green Transition Ecosystems:
@transforming-homes.bsky.social, Design HOPES, @futureislandisland.bsky.social and @publicmap.bsky.social
Free to visit from Sept 2025 to Aug 2026.
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We’re enjoying learning about the @publicmap.bsky.social project today at the Pierhead. Trialled on Ynys Môn, there’s so much potential on so many different layers - environmental, social, cultural… impossible to summarise here, you can learn more on their website! publicmap.org/en
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’re enjoying learning about the @publicmap.bsky.social project today at the Pierhead. Trialled on Ynys Môn, there’s so much potential on so many different layers - environmental, social, cultural… impossible to summarise here, you can learn more on their website! publicmap.org/en
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New exhibition in the Oriel Môn history gallery - Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition. A great collection of antique engravings from places around Anglesey. It will be on show until 18 January 2026.
July 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New exhibition in the Oriel Môn history gallery - Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition. A great collection of antique engravings from places around Anglesey. It will be on show until 18 January 2026.
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Couldn't agree more @dotiau.bsky.social - the perfect place to bring everyone together and hear about the latest updates in relation to this important project - thank you all for sharing your work!
Team @publicmap.bsky.social out in full force today at the @wiserd-research.bsky.social annual conference.
It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.
It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.
July 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Couldn't agree more @dotiau.bsky.social - the perfect place to bring everyone together and hear about the latest updates in relation to this important project - thank you all for sharing your work!
Collective smiles from the Public Map team when our work is referenced by another speaker in their presentation on digital interventions in electoral democracy @wiserd-research.bsky.social conference.
July 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Collective smiles from the Public Map team when our work is referenced by another speaker in their presentation on digital interventions in electoral democracy @wiserd-research.bsky.social conference.
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Team @publicmap.bsky.social out in full force today at the @wiserd-research.bsky.social annual conference.
It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.
It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.
June 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Team @publicmap.bsky.social out in full force today at the @wiserd-research.bsky.social annual conference.
It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.
It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.
Tune in to Radio Cymru this evening at 19:00 to hear Dr Tristian Evans talking about Public Map and in particular, mapping Ynys Mon’s music.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Cymru - Rhys Mwyn, Mapio Miwsig Môn
Mae Tristian Evans yn casglu caneuon am Ynys Môn, ac yn galw heibio'r stiwdio gyda'r hanes
www.bbc.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Tune in to Radio Cymru this evening at 19:00 to hear Dr Tristian Evans talking about Public Map and in particular, mapping Ynys Mon’s music.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
It was a pleasure to share our work with Welsh Government’s Cohesive Communities Division this afternoon.
A big thank you to Andrew Charles for the invitation.
A big thank you to Andrew Charles for the invitation.
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It was a pleasure to share our work with Welsh Government’s Cohesive Communities Division this afternoon.
A big thank you to Andrew Charles for the invitation.
A big thank you to Andrew Charles for the invitation.
Llongyfarchiadau mawr to the children at Y Bont!
We’re so happy that they chose to create a map for their Eisteddfod entry and even more thrilled for their success and opportunity to exhibit their work at the Eisteddfod.
Da iawn. Rili hyfryd.
We’re so happy that they chose to create a map for their Eisteddfod entry and even more thrilled for their success and opportunity to exhibit their work at the Eisteddfod.
Da iawn. Rili hyfryd.
Look what I came across in the Pafiliwn Celf at the Urdd Eisteddfod!
A 2D map of Ynys Môn created by pupils from Canolfan Addysg y Bont - a school we, @publicmap.bsky.social, have been working with. Love that they chose to map!
Llongyfarchiadau to the children on their success at the ‘Steddfod 🙌🏻 🥉
A 2D map of Ynys Môn created by pupils from Canolfan Addysg y Bont - a school we, @publicmap.bsky.social, have been working with. Love that they chose to map!
Llongyfarchiadau to the children on their success at the ‘Steddfod 🙌🏻 🥉
May 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Llongyfarchiadau mawr to the children at Y Bont!
We’re so happy that they chose to create a map for their Eisteddfod entry and even more thrilled for their success and opportunity to exhibit their work at the Eisteddfod.
Da iawn. Rili hyfryd.
We’re so happy that they chose to create a map for their Eisteddfod entry and even more thrilled for their success and opportunity to exhibit their work at the Eisteddfod.
Da iawn. Rili hyfryd.
Multi-talented Fliss - Research Project Co-ordinator and creative extraordinaire - inspiring people attending our conference session to write, draw, doodle thoughts, comments, questions!
A Healthier, Wealthier and Fairer Wales conference
📍Venue Cymru
A Healthier, Wealthier and Fairer Wales conference
📍Venue Cymru
May 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Multi-talented Fliss - Research Project Co-ordinator and creative extraordinaire - inspiring people attending our conference session to write, draw, doodle thoughts, comments, questions!
A Healthier, Wealthier and Fairer Wales conference
📍Venue Cymru
A Healthier, Wealthier and Fairer Wales conference
📍Venue Cymru
A privilege to share our work at the ‘A Healthier, Wealthier, and Fairer Wales’ conference today.
Lovely to meet lots of people committed, like us, to exploring ways to engage inclusively and where children’s rights and social justice are central to a hopeful future.
Lovely to meet lots of people committed, like us, to exploring ways to engage inclusively and where children’s rights and social justice are central to a hopeful future.
May 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A privilege to share our work at the ‘A Healthier, Wealthier, and Fairer Wales’ conference today.
Lovely to meet lots of people committed, like us, to exploring ways to engage inclusively and where children’s rights and social justice are central to a hopeful future.
Lovely to meet lots of people committed, like us, to exploring ways to engage inclusively and where children’s rights and social justice are central to a hopeful future.
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For anyone who is interested in data and its use in informing policy, this is well worth listening to.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Walescast - ONS: What's gone wrong with the data? - BBC Sounds
Fliss and James discuss the problems facing the UK's official statistics agency
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
For anyone who is interested in data and its use in informing policy, this is well worth listening to.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Calling all community groups on Ynys Môn!
Join us to map your working relationships to show where there is support, where there are gaps, where there are shared goals…
Please share.
www.eventbrite.com/e/map-workin...
Join us to map your working relationships to show where there is support, where there are gaps, where there are shared goals…
Please share.
www.eventbrite.com/e/map-workin...
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Calling all community groups on Ynys Môn!
Join us to map your working relationships to show where there is support, where there are gaps, where there are shared goals…
Please share.
www.eventbrite.com/e/map-workin...
Join us to map your working relationships to show where there is support, where there are gaps, where there are shared goals…
Please share.
www.eventbrite.com/e/map-workin...
Our project is rooted in Cymru. The idea stemmed from our wonderful colleagues at Cyngor Ynys Môn and further developed with them.
There’s a reason why the island is known as Gwlad y Medra and is the perfect place to pilot our innovative approaches.
There’s a reason why the island is known as Gwlad y Medra and is the perfect place to pilot our innovative approaches.
April 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Our project is rooted in Cymru. The idea stemmed from our wonderful colleagues at Cyngor Ynys Môn and further developed with them.
There’s a reason why the island is known as Gwlad y Medra and is the perfect place to pilot our innovative approaches.
There’s a reason why the island is known as Gwlad y Medra and is the perfect place to pilot our innovative approaches.
We regularly publish blogs about the project… to share the various voices involved, how they’re involved, and why their involvement is important.
publicmap.org/en/blog
publicmap.org/en/blog
Public Map Platform
A two-year research initiative led by Cambridge University to make places in the UK better for the people that live there.
publicmap.org
April 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We regularly publish blogs about the project… to share the various voices involved, how they’re involved, and why their involvement is important.
publicmap.org/en/blog
publicmap.org/en/blog
Want to know what Public Map Platform is all about? Here’s a fab 2 minute explainer 👇🏻
youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...
youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...
Public Map Platform Project Summary - English
YouTube video by Public Map Platform
youtu.be
April 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Want to know what Public Map Platform is all about? Here’s a fab 2 minute explainer 👇🏻
youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...
youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...
Public Map Platform is a major collaborative research project led by Cambridge, Cardiff, Wrexham and Bangor Universities. Its aim is to show that a transparent and trustworthy planning system based on maps made by and for communities is really possible.
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April 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Public Map Platform is a major collaborative research project led by Cambridge, Cardiff, Wrexham and Bangor Universities. Its aim is to show that a transparent and trustworthy planning system based on maps made by and for communities is really possible.
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We are getting excited about seeing our work in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia entitled 'Intelligens'. Natural. artificial. Collective' curated by Carlo Ratti #BiennaleArchitettura2025
April 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are getting excited about seeing our work in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia entitled 'Intelligens'. Natural. artificial. Collective' curated by Carlo Ratti #BiennaleArchitettura2025
On Iona in Scotland & happened upon a fascinating & very educational presentation by @ionanamescape.bsky.social to a full house in the community centre. Amazing map resource of historic multilingual place names, like us funded by AHRC. Also interesting example of a publicly accessible database.
March 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On Iona in Scotland & happened upon a fascinating & very educational presentation by @ionanamescape.bsky.social to a full house in the community centre. Amazing map resource of historic multilingual place names, like us funded by AHRC. Also interesting example of a publicly accessible database.
Our partners the Cambridge Room successfully tested out their 'Let's Talk About' event format yesterday in Cambridge. Feelings were running high in a discussion about the highly contested Beehive Project. #planning #community
March 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our partners the Cambridge Room successfully tested out their 'Let's Talk About' event format yesterday in Cambridge. Feelings were running high in a discussion about the highly contested Beehive Project. #planning #community
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We're committed to increasing our accessibility so that more people can enjoy and support wildlife
For #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek we're highlighting changes made to our Climate and Conservation Traineeship coursework last year.
Read our blog 'Removing barriers to learning' here:
bit.ly/4kUUBI9
For #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek we're highlighting changes made to our Climate and Conservation Traineeship coursework last year.
Read our blog 'Removing barriers to learning' here:
bit.ly/4kUUBI9
March 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We're committed to increasing our accessibility so that more people can enjoy and support wildlife
For #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek we're highlighting changes made to our Climate and Conservation Traineeship coursework last year.
Read our blog 'Removing barriers to learning' here:
bit.ly/4kUUBI9
For #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek we're highlighting changes made to our Climate and Conservation Traineeship coursework last year.
Read our blog 'Removing barriers to learning' here:
bit.ly/4kUUBI9