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Social Mapping – how we use places socially and how to map them / Public Map Platform How do we use places socially and how do we map them? Place makes a difference to how we act socially. One of the core purposes of Public Map is map social places – to help us better understand the pl...

Social Mapping – how we use places socially and how to map them

Place makes a difference to how we act socially. In the first of two blogs on social mapping, Matluba and Tom introduce the work we've been doing to better understand the places that people value.

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Crucially, the findings highlight that parents’ behaviours play a more significant role in determining children’s exposure levels than the children’s own choices.

In contrast, levels during school hours and commutes were lower and more stable, with occasional spikes, for instance, during walks (depending on the route) or when exposed to second-hand smoke from adult smoking in cars.

Home environments exhibited the highest and most variable PM2.5 levels, linked to indoor sources such as wood burners and adult smoking reported by the participating students.

The placement of sensors within households also significantly influenced exposure measurements.

Personal air pollution exposure assessment with schoolchildren in rural Wales Children are particularly vulnerable to air pollution. However, most UK exposure studies focus on urban areas, mainly school environments and commutes…

We are excited to announce the publication of our first refereed journal article. The article explores ‘personal air pollution exposure assessment with schoolchildren in rural Wales’. It can be found in the Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 397.

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The Growing Role of Welsh in Lle Llais / Public Map Platform From its beginnings in 2024 to a stronger return in 2025, Lle Llais has shown how Welsh can move from the sidelines to the heart of community events on Ynys Môn. This post explores how the project is ...

Over the past two summers, Lle Llais has shown how events can nurture not only creativity but also the Welsh language as a living part of community life.

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✍️ Emily-Louise Beech

YouTube video by Public Map Platform Public Map at The Senedd

At the end of September, we gathered together in the Pierhead and Senedd in Cardiff Bay to celebrate the work of the first phase of Public Map.

We're so happy to share this film with you which captures things so beautifully.

Diolch yn fawr i bawb who joined us.

youtu.be/go-_lPhGQHA

Public Map: helping to realise a wellbeing economy Imagine.  Go on, take a minute.  Close your eyes.  Breathe…  …and imagine a world where people feel secure in their basic comforts and can use their creative energies to support…

Today, I'm off to the second WeAll Cymru Festival of Ideas.

I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system.

dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...

A rare foray into the wild for me.

It was a privilege to speak at the @publicmap.bsky.social on inclusive public engagement with the title “Whose voices matter?”

I know we’re not disembodied voices. I’m still wondering what I could have used as a more accurate title. Maybe insights? Or knowledge?

The Tools for Transition exhibition is open at the @designmuseum.bsky.social.

It showcases the 4 @ukri.org AHRC-funded Green Transition Ecosystems:
@transforming-homes.bsky.social, Design HOPES, @futureislandisland.bsky.social and @publicmap.bsky.social

Free to visit from Sept 2025 to Aug 2026.

Thank you so much for sharing… and coming along to the event! We’re very grateful for all your support and guidance and particularly as a member of our Wales Advisory Group. Thank you 💚

We’re enjoying learning about the @publicmap.bsky.social project today at the Pierhead. Trialled on Ynys Môn, there’s so much potential on so many different layers - environmental, social, cultural… impossible to summarise here, you can learn more on their website! publicmap.org/en

Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition exhibition at Oriel Môn

Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition exhibition at Oriel Môn

Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition exhibition at Oriel Môn

Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition exhibition at Oriel Môn

New exhibition in the Oriel Môn history gallery - Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition. A great collection of antique engravings from places around Anglesey. It will be on show until 18 January 2026.

Couldn't agree more @dotiau.bsky.social - the perfect place to bring everyone together and hear about the latest updates in relation to this important project - thank you all for sharing your work!

Collective smiles from the Public Map team when our work is referenced by another speaker in their presentation on digital interventions in electoral democracy @wiserd-research.bsky.social conference.

Team @publicmap.bsky.social out in full force today at the @wiserd-research.bsky.social annual conference.

It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.

@wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social

BBC Radio Cymru - Rhys Mwyn, Mapio Miwsig Môn Mae Tristian Evans yn casglu caneuon am Ynys Môn, ac yn galw heibio'r stiwdio gyda'r hanes

Tune in to Radio Cymru this evening at 19:00 to hear Dr Tristian Evans talking about Public Map and in particular, mapping Ynys Mon’s music.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

It was a pleasure to share our work with Welsh Government’s Cohesive Communities Division this afternoon.

A big thank you to Andrew Charles for the invitation.

Llongyfarchiadau mawr to the children at Y Bont!

We’re so happy that they chose to create a map for their Eisteddfod entry and even more thrilled for their success and opportunity to exhibit their work at the Eisteddfod.

Da iawn. Rili hyfryd.

Multi-talented Fliss - Research Project Co-ordinator and creative extraordinaire - inspiring people attending our conference session to write, draw, doodle thoughts, comments, questions!

A Healthier, Wealthier and Fairer Wales conference

📍Venue Cymru

A privilege to share our work at the ‘A Healthier, Wealthier, and Fairer Wales’ conference today.

Lovely to meet lots of people committed, like us, to exploring ways to engage inclusively and where children’s rights and social justice are central to a hopeful future.

Walescast - ONS: What's gone wrong with the data? - BBC Sounds Fliss and James discuss the problems facing the UK's official statistics agency

For anyone who is interested in data and its use in informing policy, this is well worth listening to.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Calling all community groups on Ynys Môn!

Join us to map your working relationships to show where there is support, where there are gaps, where there are shared goals…

Please share.

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Our project is rooted in Cymru. The idea stemmed from our wonderful colleagues at Cyngor Ynys Môn and further developed with them.

There’s a reason why the island is known as Gwlad y Medra and is the perfect place to pilot our innovative approaches.

We regularly publish blogs about the project… to share the various voices involved, how they’re involved, and why their involvement is important.

publicmap.org/en/blog

@wiserd-research.bsky.social @wrexhamuni.bsky.social @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @designmuseum.bsky.social @ukri.org

YouTube video by Public Map Platform Public Map Platform Project Summary - English

Want to know what Public Map Platform is all about? Here’s a fab 2 minute explainer 👇🏻

youtu.be/gIcCo5Ltvpo?...

* Embedding children's rights.

* Enabling community agency and inclusive involvement in the planning system.

* Supporting local authorities in their digital transformation, driving efficiencies, speeding up planning, and supporting good growth.

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Find out more here: publicmap.org