DIGITAL MAPPING

DIGITAL MAPPING

PLACE MAPPING

PLACE MAPPING

COMMUNITY MAPPING

COMMUNITY MAPPING

CULTURAL MAPPING

CULTURAL MAPPING

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iDISCOVER DIGITAL STORY MAPS
cultural mapping & digital storytelling for historic districts and heritage cities

DRIVE

traffic to lesser-
known places

AMPLIFY

voice of
local residents

VISUALISE

value of cultural

heritage

8 TAILORED MAPPING PRODUCTS:

We work in 15 cities across Southeast Asia, partnering with 100+ NGO’s, schools, developers, hotels, artists and wanderers. They use iDiscover maps for responsible tourism, heritage preservation, inclusive place making and promoting urban walkability, active ageing and cultural diversity.

The true value is more than just the maps; it’s the community-led mapping process. Our unique bottom-up approach instils local pride, builds bridges and creates social capital. Explore how we help our partners unlock community intelligence in their neighbourhoods:

#mapmyneighbourhood
for high school teachers

for high schools

participatory cultural mapping
for community leaders

for NGOs

For hotels & airbnb hosts

for hotels & airbnb hosts

For writers & wanderers

for writers & wanderers

#mappingwhatmatters
for university teachers

for universities

place identity assessment for planners & placemakers

for planners & placemakers

for street festivals & urban events

for street festivals & urban events

For museums & cultural institutions

for museums & cultural institutions 

map your neighbourhood?

OUR CLIENTS:

“The point of iDiscover is investing in the understanding of local culture and history, because then people take ownership of it”

– Mr Saleem, HK Academy teacher

Our impact:

67

historic neighbourhoods

4090

local participants

2371

cultural assets mapped

28904

proud locals

 

 

  • “To find the personality of a city we need to understand why certain spaces became places”

    - Mariana Isa, Heritage Output Lab, Kuala Lumpur

  • “In our cities, which are increasingly cosmopolitan, we need to ensure that cultural diversity becomes an asset and not a handicap”

    - Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg

  • “I think we Hongkongers can be very proud of our heritage. It is time for us to revive our own history, write our own story”

    – Douglas Young, founder of GOD, Hong Kong

  • “It really underscores the importance of community involvement to good urban planning. preservation of localities and characteristics that make a city special, and which shouldn’t be taken for granted"

    - Elizabeth Bosher, chairperson Project Chambers, Hong Kong

  • “What iDiscover is doing is like making an archive of Hong Kong history – through the eyes of locals”

    - Amy Tse, social worker Caritas, Hong Kong

  • “An award winning, community driven journey to explore local cultures in a new shared reality"

    - Creative Business University Utrecht

  • “This continues to be one of the best bottom-up, local heritage awareness efforts on the planet; and they keep adding more places”

    - Donovan Rypkema, Heritage Strategies International, Washington DC

  • “iDiscover encourages visitors to make their own stories and tread their own path. This connects them directly with the actual residents"

    - Channa Daswatte, Chairman Galle Heritage Foundation

  • “You are working in beautiful projects to make the community more connected and valued"

    - Yvonne De Suner Beltran, Banyan Tree Hotels

  • “If you want to mobilise a community, you need to recognise their roots”

    - Benjamin Sin, Caritas Hong Kong

  • “I love what you do with the i-Discover app. It’s something so intimate and yet so informative.”

    - Ritwajit Das, Chief Strategist South Asia - Global Call for Climate Action

 

 

Our guiding principles

global goal idiscover academy

GLOBAL GOAL #11 

“Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural heritage”  

new urban agenda idiscover academy

NEW URBAN AGENDA 

“Leverage culture and heritage for liveable cities and strong urban economies”   

UNESCO idiscover academy

WORLD HERITAGE CITIES

“Implementing the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach at local level”

AN AWARDWINNING JOURNEY