A basemap is created . The central element will obviously be the bioregion. This can be traced from a formal physiographic map or drawn freehand. Ideally, one should include certain physical elements on the map, such as major rivers, mountains, and so on. Topics to be mapped are brainstormed .
Interested folks come together and decide what is meaningful in their home place.
Weather Traditional First Nations territories Health concerns Agriculture Wetlands Environmental degradation Natural resources Administrative boundaries Transportation 4. Places to look are unlimited. You can study formal maps, visit real-world places, browse the Internet, talk to elders, peruse local archives, explore libraries, interview people, take photographs, and so on. The information is then distilled and applied to the basemap. Apply your information to the basemap as textboxes, shading, arrows, drawings, charts, photographs and cartoons using scissors and glue, or draw directly on the basemap.