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Views from ground-levelFlower landscape in April
rape
chinese milk vetch
TOKYO JAPAN
Note 1 Maps have different scale (global, country, provincial…) and always from taken above, but photographs on-ground level can picture (1) activity of human interventions (e.g. agricultural labor) and beauty of flowery plants in season.
“… ngan siya leumpang maratkeun, husir Tohaan di Sunda; di kulon di Tuntang Sunda nyabrang ka
desa Malayu; ti kulon Tarum, ka kulon alas Tohaan di Sunda.” Gajah Mada, Perang Bubat, Langit Kresna Hariadi.
WEST JAVA
Poem; if you go to the west, the boarder of this kingdom is Citarum River. If you go straight to the west (more), you will see the sunda strait.
The message from the Poem
1. Poem will be a source of the space identification.
2. Poem is not easy to translate to the map.
3. This poem related to the political claim of the area, when community cannot read the map or the map is not prepared.
4. This poem can be a direction finding of the border.
Kuomboka Ceremony
ZAMBIA
•Beating of drums and dancing to signal the movement in the wet season.( Change of season)•The royal family of the Paramount chief of the lozi tribe moves to the higher ground, on map this signal of flooding in lower ground (zambezi river).
Mapping Tradition and culture (Kuomboka ceremony)
ZANZIBAR
Mapping based on biodiversity
The area contains different living organism, e.g. fish, trees, monkeysThese necessitate mapping in the area due to their uniqueness, esp. the Red Colobus monkeys are endemic to Zanzibar Island commonly found in the Jozani forest. The Island can also be mapped based on its beautiful sceneries especially the beach along the Indian ocean, well known for its different types fish and other creatures.
NAMIBIA
In Namibia, different bio-diversification, e.g. the presence of the Himba community in northern part of the country, the Welventia plant along the desert, and rock painting by the san communities, shows the uniqueness of the area which can be easily mapped