Fort Cochin Heritage Walk Mapping Party

Submitted by kartik on December 20, 2009 - 7:34pm

December 27-28, 2009

Fort Cochin is the earliest recorded settlement on the Malabar coast, with its beautiful colonial bungalow peppered with Dutch, Portuguese and Malabar architecture.The many small winding streets with lovely old houses is truly a treasure trove. Vasco Da Gama Square, Dutch Cemetery, Maritime Museum, Santa Cruz Basilica etc. The tourists are armed with a Cochin heritage walk route map, which is old and incomplete. The walk is long and has many adventures and awesome stuffs which someone would miss worthwhile including the narrow path lined with little fish stalls and the Chinese fishing nets on the sea beyond them.

GeoHackers have decided to map the entire walk, and tag it in a suitable way which would help the tourists flowing down to enjoy the essence of Fort Cochin. A good quality map of the region would be printed and put up on several parts of the entire walk. These maps would have overlay information regarding distance, time, must see places, quick tips, etc. Please pull in more suggestions using comments.

Event documented here:

Sajjad's Blog

Arky's Blog

 

Current state of map at OpenStreetMap:


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Other Images Found on the Web

Example of Result

Should we prepare the material like a brochure?

Suggested layout of the brochure:

  • Two sided, 3-4 fold brochure
  • One side will contain the entire map
  • The folding sides would contain information about the heritage walk points of interest (POIs)
  • The front flap with GeoHackers logo and information of the project
  • Back flap with contact information, rights etc.

Example leaflet with map: Kelvingrove Park Heritage Walk

Fire your suggestions

Things to include in the tourism overlay:

  • Heritage sites, with thumbnails
  • Time instructions
  • Restaurants:
    1. Kashi Art Cafe
  • Proper walking directions
  • Photography restrictions
  • Ernakulam Fort Kochi Boat Service - Timings

The following are the important sites that could be included in the walk:

  1. Colonial Bungalow
  2. Vasco Da Gama Square
  3. Nehru Childrens' Park
  4. Remains of Fort Immanuel
  5. Dutch Cemetry
  6. Naval Buildings
  7. Maritime Museum
  8. Bastion Bungalow
  9. Santa Cruz Basilica
  10. Koder House
  11. Jew Town