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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:
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– Mr Saleem, HK Academy teacher
historic neighbourhoods
local participants
cultural assets mapped
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
“Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural heritage”
“Leverage culture and heritage for liveable cities and strong urban economies”
“Implementing the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach at local level”