Diseño de mapas interactivos como herramienta para los observatorios

Cesar David  Monroy Rodríguez; Mónica Liset  Valbuena Porras; Ángela María González Amarrillo; Luz Adriana  Ramos Rodríguez

doi:10.22490/ECBTI.10024

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024)

Published 2025-10-10

license

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Artículos

Designing interactive maps as a tool for observatories

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/ECBTI.10024

Cesar David Monroy Rodríguez Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Mónica Liset Valbuena Porras Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Ángela María González Amarrillo Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Luz Adriana Ramos Rodríguez Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

PDF (Spanish)

Abstract
References

This article presents the design of interactive maps as a tool for observatories, based on the experience developed within the Boyacá Cultural Observatory and the Interactive Center for History, Heritage and Culture (CIHPC). The proposal is grounded in the use of open technologies such as Leaflet.js, GeoJSON, and OpenStreetMap, which enable the construction of rapid, sustainable, and replicable prototypes. The methodology was structured in four phases: tool selection, data preparation, prototype design, and validation. The results highlight the representation of 123 municipalities, the integration of dynamic filters, and functionality in low-connectivity environments. Furthermore, the study emphasizes the usefulness of interactive maps for cultural planning, heritage education, and the social appropriation of knowledge. It is concluded that the open approach strengthens transparency and participation and projects its integration with international indicators such as those proposed by UNESCO in the Culture|2030 framework.

keywords: interactive maps, open data, cultural observatory, Boyacá, Leaflet.js

Bodily, R., & Verbert, K. (2017). Review of research on student-facing learning analytics dashboards and educational recommender systems. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 10(4), 405–418. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2017.2740172

Bostock, M., Ogievetsky, V., & Heer, J. (2011). D³: Data-Driven Documents. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17(12), 2301–2309. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2011.185

Brown, G., & Kyttä, M. (2014). Key issues and research priorities for Public Participation GIS (PPGIS). Applied Geography, 46, 122–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.11.014

Bucklin, D. N., Basille, M., & Boulangeat, I. (2018). rpostgis: Linking R with a PostGIS Spatial Database. The R Journal, 10(1), 218–232. https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2018-025

Butler, H., Daly, M., Doyle, A., Gillies, S., Schaub, T., & Schmidt, C. (2016). The GeoJSON format (RFC 7946). Internet Engineering Task Force. https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7946

Crespo, C. (2017). Observatorios culturales en América Latina: experiencias y desafíos. Revista Iberoamericana de Cultura, 12(2), 45–60.

Duxbury, N., Garrett-Petts, W. F., & MacLennan, D. (Eds.). (2015). Cultural mapping as cultural inquiry. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315743066

García Canclini, N. (2019). La cultura en la era digital: políticas y ciudadanía. Siglo XXI Editores.

Haklay, M. (2010). How good is volunteered geographical information? Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 37(4), 682–703. https://doi.org/10.1068/b35097

Horbiński, T., & Lorek, D. (2020). The use of Leaflet and GeoJSON for developing interactive maps in a GIS course. Journal of Spatial Science, 65(3), 401–414. https://doi.org/10.1080/14498596.2020.1713237

Horbiński, T., Raczyński, T., & Kaim, D. (2023). Distortion-free 3D map created with Leaflet and WebGL shaders. Journal of Imaging, 9(5), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9050079

Jeannotte, M. S. (2016). Story-telling about place: Engaging citizens in cultural mapping. City, Culture and Society, 7(1), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2015.11.002

Jia, L., Zeng, W., Cao, J., Li, X., & Zhang, C. (2022). Development of interactive biological web applications with R/Shiny. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 23(1), bbab415. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab415

Kasprzak, P., Mitchell, L., Kravchuk, O., & Timmins, A. (2021). Six years of Shiny in research. The R Journal, 12(2), 155–162. https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2021-004

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T., & McArdle, G. (2015). Knowing and governing cities through urban indicators, city benchmarking and real-time dashboards. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2(1), 6–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2014.983149

Kitchin, R., Maalsen, S., & McArdle, G. (2016). The praxis and politics of building urban dashboards. Geoforum, 77, 93–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.10.006

McArdle, G., & Kitchin, R. (2016). The Dublin Dashboard: Design and development of a real-time analytical urban dashboard. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, IV-4/W1, 19–25. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-4-W1-19-2016

Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. (2022). Observatorio de Cultura y Economía. https://www.mincultura.gov.co

Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. (2023). Observatorios culturales en Colombia: instrumentos de política pública. https://www.mincultura.gov.co

OpenStreetMap. (2019). The free wiki world map. https://www.openstreetmap.org

Pabón-Correa, R. (2018). Apropiación social del conocimiento: la validación social como práctica educativa. Educación y Humanismo, 20(34), 137–154. https://doi.org/10.17081/eduhum.20.34.2629

Paulsen, L., et al. (2024). Student-facing learning analytics dashboards in higher education: A systematic review. Education and Information Technologies, 29, 1445–1464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12401-4

Petti, L., Trillo, C., & Makore, B. C. N. (2020). Cultural heritage and SDG targets: A possible harmonisation? Sustainability, 12(3), 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030926

Santos, H., Dantas, V., Furtado, V., Pinheiro, P., & McGuinness, D. (2017). From data to city indicators: A knowledge graph for supporting municipal dashboards. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v31i1.10577

Sinkonde, D. O., et al. (2018). PostGIS as a tool for spatial decision-making: Applications and experiences. International Journal of Geoinformatics, 14(3), 33–44.

UNESCO. (2019). Culture|2030 indicators: Manual metodológico. UNESCO Publishing. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000371562

Leaflet. (2025). Leaflet: an open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. https://leafletjs.com

Wang, Z., & Li, F. (2025). Design of panoramic virtual museum interactive interface based on entropy weight TOPSIS and PSO-SVR. NPJ Heritage Science, 13(201), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-025-01760-5

license

How to Cite

Monroy Rodríguez, C. D. ., Valbuena Porras, M. L. ., González Amarrillo, Ángela M., & Ramos Rodríguez, L. A. . (2025). Designing interactive maps as a tool for observatories. Documentos De Trabajo ECBTI, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22490/ECBTI.10024

Download Citation

Almétricas

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...