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Saturday, 07 November 1998 00:00 |
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Source: New Straits Times Penang, Sat. -- A Geographic information system should be adopted to complement cultural mapping of Georgetown, an Australian professor suggested today.
In making the suggestion, Canberra University landscape architecture professor Ken Taylor said a GIS database system could help the authorities determine particular areas for heritage preservation and economic enterprises.
He said a GIS database should include all studies and surveys done on traditional trades, professions, clans, etnicity, migration, old buildings and historic structures.
He was speaking to about 100 participants at the two-day seminar entitled Round Table on Cultural Vibrancy in Penang organised by The Sustainable Penang Initiative, Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI).
Earlier, presenting a paper on Making spaces into places: Exploring the ordinary sacred, Taylor said this method of cultural mapping has been implemented in Australia and proven successful.
"Public support for heritage will continue as the pursuit of cultural tourism expands," he said.
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